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Picture wrote: "Baxter wrote: "Oxford commas are lame."
Not necessarily. Say if someone had a grocery list of things.
Ex: I need to get eggs, bacon, tomatoes, human eyeballs, pig omelets, monkey brains, spider ..."
Naw man. You'd just take out the and. Then the fancy-shmancy comma becomes a normal one and everybody is happy. Although it does have a ring to it. Oxford comma. Very catchy name.
Not necessarily. Say if someone had a grocery list of things.
Ex: I need to get eggs, bacon, tomatoes, human eyeballs, pig omelets, monkey brains, spider ..."
Naw man. You'd just take out the and. Then the fancy-shmancy comma becomes a normal one and everybody is happy. Although it does have a ring to it. Oxford comma. Very catchy name.

So basically the Oxford comma and I are liek BFFs.

For example:
Writers who don't use the oxford comma are annoying, confusing, and wrong.
You pause between the 'confusing' and the 'and' if you read it out loud, so you put a comma. This does not seem that difficult to me.
It's because 'and' does the same thing as a comma, it separates. There is NO need for that little blot on the paper to be there.
If you are writing a speech, sure, go ahead, help yourself by indicating a slight pause, but most written stuff isn't made with the intention of being read out loud, so again, said pause is USELESS.
Still...I REALLY like how oxford comma sounds.
If you are writing a speech, sure, go ahead, help yourself by indicating a slight pause, but most written stuff isn't made with the intention of being read out loud, so again, said pause is USELESS.
Still...I REALLY like how oxford comma sounds.
Baxter wrote: "It's because 'and' does the same thing as a comma, it separates. There is NO need for that little blot on the paper to be there.
If you are writing a speech, sure, go ahead, help yourself by indi..."
No, the middle word needs to be hugged by commas on both ends. Also, it needs to be separated from "and," because and is a jerk and would kick the middle word's ass if given the chance.
If you are writing a speech, sure, go ahead, help yourself by indi..."
No, the middle word needs to be hugged by commas on both ends. Also, it needs to be separated from "and," because and is a jerk and would kick the middle word's ass if given the chance.
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Has to do with the college or something like that.

YES! For two reasons:
1. The name is absolutely ridiculous.
2. The cover is absolutely ridiculous.

YES! For two reasons:
1. The name is absolutely ridic..."
Ha. I don't see the ad anymore. So I forgot what it looked like.

Has to do with the college or something like that."
Yeah, that's what I guessed...

YES YES YES. It's weird. ROBOPOCALYPSE!!!!!111one

I don't think I've ever seen that one ...
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I have been silently preparing for zombies for about 12 years now, so it BETTER end because of that.

YES! For two reasons:
1. The name is absolutely ridic..."
I also hate the face. :\

There'll be a big meteor shower or solar flare or something that will blind everyone except Eddie Izzard and people who are, uh, already blind. That's when the triffids, who have been hiding like ninjas among other various articles of greenery will emerge and chase after us in their masses and eat us because we can't see them to run away.

But I was thinking more along the lines of...
A rapid spread of a virus kills only the younger population of the world population. No children. No humanity.

At first when I read that, I thought you said "praying" instead of "preparing." Lol. So I was like, "What religion do you believe in?" XD

YES! For two reasons:
1. The n..."
It kind of looks like a mouse.

But I was thinking more along the lines of...
A rapid spread of a virus kills only the younger population of the world population. No children. No human..."
The only flaw in that apocalypse is that the surviving adults could, you know, just reproduce again :P

But I was thinking more along the lines of...
A rapid spread of a virus kills only the younger population of the world population. ..."
Yeah, but those infants will die too. This virus consumes them once they are out of the womb.
I should have been more specific with "younger population." By younger population, I mean infants.
Oh, this virus is not just a one time thing either.

Interesting.

OH! I know what movie your talking about!
Oh my goodness, I forgot the title. :P
I'll go look it up.
Picture wrote: "Hey, guys, sorry for the interruption. But I just wrote a blog. My family told me to get a blog, so I won't be pathetically sharing my writing with them. Anyway, so I just wrote my first blog. Sinc..."
Picture, dear. Don't spam.
Picture, dear. Don't spam.

*sighs* Fine...I'll delete it. I was just too excited about my first blog.
Picture wrote: "Baxter wrote: "I have been silently preparing for zombies for about 12 years now, so it BETTER end because of that."
At first when I read that, I thought you said "praying" instead of "preparing."..."
That would be the best religion ever.
At first when I read that, I thought you said "praying" instead of "preparing."..."
That would be the best religion ever.

At first when I read that, I thought you said "praying" instea..."
I agree.

At first w..."
I totally would.


At first w..."
Hehe. Let's start a cult. Lol

Oh my god yes. Except I think we should speak Russian because Dutch is too similar to English.

Да, русский язык очень хорошo. :D

Да, мы могли быть шпионов! Я хочу быть шпионом. но Я думаю, ниндзя шпионом также хорошо.
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Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?"
Wikipedia, girl."
LMGTFY :P"
*awkward silence*
I googled what that stood for. *cough..."
Ouch. Now that's just harsh.