Lengthy Posts

[StarSong]

To make for others to read my posts I often break paragraphs in half, even though they may contain a single cohesive thought.

I probably write overlong sentences, but that's my style of thinking, speaking, and writing. (Ditto the use of Oxford commas and sometimes creative ways of punctuating inside - or more likely outside - quotation marks.)

According to the Nun Study on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (Aging with Grace by David Snowden, plus various newspaper articles), the tendency toward long, complex sentences may be a predictor that I'm less apt to develop Alzheimer's, so my need to go back and break apart sentences and paragraphs isn't necessarily all bad.

 

[Judycat]

I am not a friend of quotation marks.

 

[Ronni]

I am not a friend of quotation marks.

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Were quotation marks discussed?

 

[DaveA]

Getting tougher to post at all. Paragraphs too long, not enough white space, no quotation marks - -and that only covers the grammatical part of the post.

Suppose the post just "sucks", and you decide you have no interest after reading half of it?

I think it's time for a little bed rest or as some folks would say, a nap!!

 

[Judycat]

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Were quotation marks discussed?

They are now.

 

[jerry old]

Ronni, hush, you got plenty brains.

Your mention of 'cathartic nature,' a strange mysterious event...I've heard it poo-hawed as 'witchdoctor stuff.'
It remains as one of the cornerstones of Freudian thought. There are still many Freudian Therapist out there;
they have had to modify most of his other theories and application of his technique.

The best and worst definition I've heard was by a grad assistant,
'It's kind of like a force that jumps from you to the therapist, or from the therapist to you.'
'Like a lighting bolt?'
'If you wish to devalue the explanation, you could think of it that way.'

Debase the explanation, devalue it, poke fun if you will, it exist. I don't understand it, cannot define it, but
it will out.
Think of it as a patient with a lighting rod sticking out of his head, the therapist is chunking lighting bolts.
That explanation works for me!

Now for the worser part: Abusing the English language is a legitimate Redneck activity, and it is fun.
Tweaking the nose of those that preached at us for years, ' It must be done in this manner.' was endured, not it is our turn.

 

[jerry old]

Oh Dear:
The grammar police vs the ignoramus folk, ain't gonn'a work, to have a war both groups have to be involved.
Us ignoramus folk will remain clueless.

 

[chic]

I don't mind longish posts if the author has something of interest to say.

 

[Olivia]

Oh Dear:
The grammar police vs the ignoramus folk, ain't gonn'a work, to have a war both groups have to be involved.
Us ignoramus folk will remain clueless.

All it it really is is making sure that what one writes is what you really want to say and is written in a way that other people want to read it and don't have to work to understand what you're trying to say.

The best way to do that is to read what you just wrote as if you're reading it for the first time in the eyes of someone else. Of course, no one is perfect, so I don't think we should get all that stressed out about it. Just do your best.

 

[StarSong]

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Were quotation marks discussed?

My bad - in my somewhat meandering post (#51), I mentioned my refusal to adhere to the grammatical rule of keeping punctuation marks within quotation marks. For me, it's a judgment call. And the rule loses almost as often as it wins.

 

[jerry old]

Judycat's: "I am not of a friend of quotation marks." says all that needs to said.

My spouse was one of 'them!' grammar folk. I requested she proof one my thesis for correction of grammatical areas-she almost cried.
Here is an example: the phrase should have been. correction of grammatical errors.
My brain knew to write errors, but my fingers didn't-you want to explain that?

This is an example of brain and mechanics not being connected. I did not intend to write areas, (for errors).

My topic was to be quotation marks and how my spouse could not believe how I mangled grammatical rules.
Thought and the mechanics of grammar are alien to each other, unless your mind is bent that way.

You cannot read a thesis, book or anything longer than a sentence without the proper use of mechanics.
These commas, semi-colons, colons, periods, paragraphing are a road map that gives the reader signals
of what is occurring. They must be adhered to if you wish to be understood.

It is difficult to poke fun at the rules of grammar; difficult and silly; but I will continue to vex, exasperate
and bedevil grammarians.
It is a fun game, I may be the only participate, but that too is okay.

 

[Camper6]

So? Where's the picture? Actions speak louder than words.