I DARE you to use a semi-colon properly!!!!!

[kat_kringle]

OK, so, enough with serial commas (for now), let's see if any one out there can properly use a semi-colon!

then, after you reply, I invite anyone to laugh, jeer, or maybe even congratulate those that are capable and not so s-c capable.

finally, if you are at a loss, go to your local library and check out a book on punctuation today!!!


:bounce:

[Sugar Smack]

1. I love you; you have your priorities in order.

:P

[kat_kringle]

2. lol!

i know, maybe this will be the start of punctuation mondays!!! :P

i'm not sure if i've met you as of yet, but aloha!! :hi:

[Sugar Smack]

7. A belated welcome to DU!

:D I've seen your posts. I like you.

[kat_kringle]

23. why thank you!!!

your username is quite reflective of your beautiful personality!!!!

[arcadian]

3. ;-)

n;t

[kat_kringle]

4. lmfao!!!

you are my hero!!!! yay!

[Ysabel]

11. hahaha i like that one too...

:rofl:

p.s. hello and welcome kat_kringle... :hi:

[kat_kringle]

24. thanks!

:hi: nice to meet you!

[SurfingAtWork]

5. I would do this; however, I'm busy at work right now and don't have time to.

Edit to add. If you are using one of the following words, you need to have a semicolon preceeding the word: however, therefore, hence, thus, consequently, nevertheless, moreover and meanwhile.

[auntAgonist]

6. ok.

The train did not include any meals; however, the price was low.

aA
:hi:

[I Have A Dream]

8. OK, I would make your second sentence be the following...

OK, so, enough with serial commas (for now); let's see if any one out there can properly use a semi-colon!


Definitely better than the comma in that sentence.

:)

:bounce:

[Sugar Smack]

10. Oooh! Kat, I think you're busted.

:spray:

[kat_kringle]

14. I am ruinied!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will NEVER post a thread right when I get up again, ever!!!! x(

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. I wanted to post a reply; however, my bowels evacuated themselves catastrophically,

momentarily distracting me from my mission, focus, and desire to be heard.

[arcadian]

13. wow, semi-colon and colon.

awesome :thumbsup:

[kat_kringle]

15. you make me want to be a better person

i can't cope with my poor skills!!! :(

[SacredCow]

12. I went to the Olive Garden for dinner; consequently, I am no longer allowed in the lounge. n/t

[kat_kringle]

25. and rightly so!

lol. :hi: i like the usage of consequently

[jobycom]

16. The cat licked it;s paw.

I think that;s right.

[kat_kringle]

26. oh, it's right

rightly wrong i mean. but a good effort nonethe less. :):)

[jobycom]

29. The cat licked her;s paw?

[kat_kringle]

30. your's cat's paw;s were licked by it?

[montanto]

17. I would ues a semi-colon correctly

; however, I do not choose to today.


On the other hand I challenge everyone to use to and too correctly. And there, their, and they're. And to not begin sentences with conjunctions. And to not end sentences with prepositions. (My wife got a birthday card with too women on the cover and the dialogue whent "Where's your birthday party at?" And the birthday girl said "Don't end sentences with prepositions." And her friend says "Where's your birthday party at, BITCH."


BTW no spelling or grammer errors have been harmed in the writing of this message.

[FloridaJudy]

18. Okay, just so long

As it's not a comma splice, I hate those. :evilgrin:

[Swede]

19. Kat,I hope you aren't gonna join the punctuation police,here on DU.

I hope you're just having fun. :shrug:

[kat_kringle]

27. oh, of course i am just having fun

i do not admit to being any kind of punctuation cop, or even someone that uses punctuation and whatnot correctly.

i just thought that 'punctuation monday's' would be a swell idea.

no hard feelings?

[Swede]

37. None,whatsoever.

:hi:

[applegrove]

20. You are challenging; and, not afraid of the truth.

[Goblinmonger]

39. FAIL. n/t

[Z_I_Peevey]

21. Lounge lizards rushed to the challenge; therefore, my entry

is moot.

[SCantiGOP]

22. That's easy

My Grandfather had half of his colon removed; now he has a semi-colon.

[kat_kringle]

28. omg

that is quite clever. unless it's true, then i am quite sorry.

[kick-ass-bob]

31. tl;dr

:D

[Midlodemocrat]

32. Took ya long enough.

:loveya:

[kick-ass-bob]

35. Hello darlin.

:loveya:

[kat_kringle]

33. explain?

nice to meet you!!! :hi:

[kick-ass-bob]

34. it means:

too long; didn't read.

Some asinine thing that trolls use when they don't understand what posts made in complete sentences and paragraphs are saying ;)

[kat_kringle]

36. lol

right on. thanks for the info!

[Goblinmonger]

38. When I finally get to NYC, I am going to do the following:

eat a tremendous meal at the Olive Garden and get my picture taken in front to show my DU buddies; breastfeed a child publically in Central Park even though I am a male; smoke a cigar in as conspicuous a place as possible while stroking my concealed weapon; and laugh heartily at the New Yorker Obama cover.

Let's not forget the semi-colon has two purposes; it might get sad if we do.

[mainegreen]

40. Sure. Here goes:

<?
switch(strtoupper($property)) {
    case 'NOINFERIORS': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_NOINFERIORS;
    case 'NOSELECT': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_NOSELECT;
    case 'MARKED': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_MARKED;
    case 'UNMARKED': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_UNMARKED;
    case 'REFERRAL': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_REFERRAL;
    case 'HASCHILDREN': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_HASCHILDREN;
    case 'HASNOCHILDREN': return
$this->folders[$name]['attributes']&LATT_HASNOCHILDREN;
}
?>


This is proper use of a semi-colon in it's line terminator
functionality.

;)

[tismyself]

41. great dangling participles!

Like, omigawd, hair flick, like, a conversation, like, about punctuation?

[kat_kringle]

42. i take it

you and punctuation have had a falling out as of late?

[tismyself]

43. whew...

Only in that I prefer to make good use of it. Without it, writing is nearly to absolutely incomprehensible to me.

[kat_kringle]

55. right on

what happened to your sister?

and nice to meet you

:hi:

[pokerfan]

44. I can't; he can.

[FloridaJudy]

45. I follow Kurt Vonnegut's advice: I avoid them. eom

[RetroLounge]

46. The Semi-Colon (;) is just a Period with a Leak.

:hi:

RL

[qnr]

47. "Ronald Reagan had a semi-colon." n/t

[struggle4progress]

48. I think they're supposed to be used when inaccurately quoting people.

If the person really said it then use quotes

,During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet,

If the person didn't really say it then use semi-colons

;I invented the internet;

[Manifestor_of_Light]

49. thanks for the punctuation police.

My specialty is spelling police; however, I can do grammar and usage police.

I am a former spelling bee champion, both oral and written.

I was not an English major.

[kat_kringle]

51. wait wait wait!

im not a punctuation officer!! i don't have the mad skillz for that. i'm just lowly offal.

[Unvanguard]

50. Grammar Nazism is bad; it rests on an misunderstanding of the nature of language.

There.

[kat_kringle]

52. cool cool

but it should be: 'a' misunderstanding

[Unvanguard]

59. So it should. Editing error.

Originally it read "an understanding."

:)

[Skittles]

53. yes; you want I should kick your ass to prove it?

:7

[kat_kringle]

54. actually, i would like that a whole lot!!!

please, master (mistress) skittles, may i have another?

:hi:

[Skittles]

56. I am QUEEN OF THE SEMI-COLON; yes INDEED

:hi:

[kat_kringle]

57. can i be queen of something too?

maybe, queen of getting my ass kicked by skittles? or will i have to work hard for that illustrious title???

:P


*edited for shit spelling!!!**

[Skittles]

58. I WILL KICK SOME KRINGLE ASS

yes INDEED!!! :7

[kat_kringle]

60. you have not only made my day

you have made my life!!!!!


it's go time; tie me up, feed me grits, and lasso my soul!


(i just woke up, pardon whatever thhell i just wrote)


:hi: