Misuse and Changing Words
Jun 21, 2023 02:46:06 #
dustie wrote:
On the U. S. of America side of the Atlantic, we spell that one differently.
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oops. So do we. It seems neither term is right or wrong, just different ways of saying the same thing. Whatever we call it I think there should be TWO spaces between it and a CAPITAL letter to start the following sentence.
Jun 21, 2023 12:44:41 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
jerryc41 wrote:
For some reason, people think it's necessary to ma... (show quote)
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Jun 21, 2023 12:56:45 #
John N wrote:
oops. So do we. It seems neither term is right or wrong, just different ways of saying the same thing. Whatever we call it I think there should be TWO spaces between it and a CAPITAL letter to start the following sentence.
Jun 21, 2023 12:57:37 #
TheShoe wrote:
Are you sure that you did not mean to say "preplaning a board"?
Good one!
Jun 21, 2023 14:02:34 #
Jun 21, 2023 17:00:11 #
And the creation of new verbs from nouns that were originally formed from verts. Like "Coronate" when "Crown" is the root verb. There are many examples of this process, using the derived verb from the noun form instead of the base original verb.
Jun 21, 2023 17:03:08 #
jerryc41 wrote:
So do I. I was taught in typing class to double space after a sentence-ending period. It is the way to specify an "em space" instead of the "en space" used between words. I also use a double hyphen "--" to mean and em dash.I still put two spaces after a period, but this site reduces it to one. My complaint is that most of these changes make communication less precise.
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Jun 23, 2023 13:51:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm with you. I've never heard the term "crooked number" and I have watched many baseball games.I didn't understand it either, but I don' follow baseball. (Yes, I am an American.) 
Jun 23, 2023 13:58:39 #
John N wrote:
I agree with you, and I always type 2 spaces there. If word processors and the applications routinely remove one of the spaces, they should also insert an em-space instead, which usually does not happen--they just remove a space and leave an en-space between the period (full stop) and the beginning of the next sentence. I also type 2 hyphens when I want a dash, and most applications do convert them into an em-dash.oops. So do we. It seems neither term is right or wrong, just different ways of saying the same thing. Whatever we call it I think there should be TWO spaces between it and a CAPITAL letter to start the following sentence.
Jun 23, 2023 14:05:25 #
NickGee
Loc: Pacific Northwest
RiJoRi wrote:
Cuz dat's what da teecha called it! 😂
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--Rich
"Period" is the name of the punctuation mark that brings a sentence to a full stop.
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