Punctuation Period

[Walden]

Maybe it shows we're becoming less traditional,
more streamlined.

I don't suppose I'm becoming less traditional or more streamlined.

[mamakash]

Perhaps that's what's happend to Mr. and Mrs.
Especially as there seems no solid rational
for the period anyway, or at least no universally
accepted one.

Maybe it shows we're becoming less traditional, more streamlined.

Well, thank goodness. All the more reason to start addressing everyone as "Sir" . . . starting with me.

[Innocent Bystander]

My God. I love this world. We're so full of ourselves we can't take the time to use a bloody period. OOPS - better omit that last one...sorry D'OH! three more??

Three full stops together is a punctuation mark in its own right. It's called an ellipsis.

[Walden]

Punctuation is nice. Just because something can be got by without doesn't make it more desirable. Thank God we don't all write in txt msg lingo.

[Stu H]

How on earth did this grammatical requirement become archaic?

The answer to this question is, I feel, in your tagline!

[Congratulations]

Perhaps that's what's happend to Mr. and Mrs.
Especially as there seems no solid rational
for the period anyway, or at least no universally
accepted one.

Maybe it shows we're becoming less traditional, more streamlined.

Well, thank goodness. All the more reason to start addressing everyone as "Sir" . . . starting with me.

I call everyone "Mister" or "Lady," depending on their sex.

[Denny]

I call everyone "Mister" or "Lady," depending on their sex.

...that's beggin' for a one liner...

anybody have one we can use here?

[Joseph E. Smith]

I call everyone "Mister" or "Lady," depending on their sex.

...that's beggin' for a one liner...

anybody have one we can use here?

... good, or bad sex?

[Denny]

I call everyone "Mister" or "Lady," depending on their sex.

...that's beggin' for a one liner...

anybody have one we can use here?

... good, or bad sex?

thanks...

[izzarina]

How on earth did this grammatical requirement become archaic?

The answer to this question is, I feel, in your tagline!

Yes, you're probably right!

[Nanohedron]

Perhaps that's what's happend to Mr. and Mrs.
Especially as there seems no solid rational
for the period anyway, or at least no universally
accepted one.

Maybe it shows we're becoming less traditional, more streamlined.

Well, thank goodness. All the more reason to start addressing everyone as "Sir" . . . starting with me.

I call everyone "Mister" or "Lady," depending on their sex.

So do I. Well, I include "Sir" and "Ma'am", too. But it all has to do with the effect I'm trying to achieve.

After all, a well-placed misgendering of the title has its uses.


(Edited for punctuation. What else?)

[SteveShaw]

Actually, there is one little thing that most of us do "wrong," including me, and it's probably because we don't know how to get it on the keyboard. It's the humble dash - as used here, twice - for which few of us use the correct sign. We use a hyphen (which is a short line) instead of a dash (a longer one). If someone can tell me how to get a proper dash on the keyboard I promise never to use an incorrect hyphen again and to laugh at all those who do.

[jsluder]

Actually, there is one little thing that most of us do "wrong," including me, and it's probably because we don't know how to get it on the keyboard. It's the humble dash - as used here, twice - for which few of us use the correct sign. We use a hyphen (which is a short line) instead of a dash (a longer one). If someone can tell me how to get a proper dash on the keyboard I promise never to use an incorrect hyphen again and to laugh at all those who do.

A Hyphen Is Not a Dash suggests using two hyphens: --

Here's another article from the same site: Quotation Marks: Where Do the Commas and Periods Go--and Why?

[Nanohedron]

Actually, there is one little thing that most of us do "wrong," including me, and it's probably because we don't know how to get it on the keyboard. It's the humble dash - as used here, twice - for which few of us use the correct sign. We use a hyphen (which is a short line) instead of a dash (a longer one). If someone can tell me how to get a proper dash on the keyboard I promise never to use an incorrect hyphen again and to laugh at all those who do.

I used to do this all the time: [ -- ], but got tired. I suppose there's a proper dash to be got on some character maps, but I don't think I'll bother. Progress, Steve.

Aha. I see that Slude is on the ball, as am I.

[Nanohedron]

: [ -- ],

That was fun.