Solnes |
Solnes wrote:The best chapter ever written on commas is in Strunk and White. Lemme look for a link.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Commas are easy...I can teach you that.Teach me? I haz issue with them too. I want to use them everywhere.
Thanks Prof!
I haz customer to ring up....be back
Jyu1ch1 |
Solnes wrote:The best chapter ever written on commas is in Strunk and White. Lemme look for a link.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Commas are easy...I can teach you that.Teach me? I haz issue with them too. I want to use them everywhere.
It's funny because for every wrong comma I use there is a place in my paper where it needed one. And strangely I used the ';' correctly.
Jyu1ch1 |
Here is Strunk before White teamed up with him and got copyrights renewed.
Bookmarked!
Wolfthulhu |
Urizen wrote:Let me tell you a little something about murder. It's fun, it's exciting, and it's real easy.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:Solnes wrote:I'm not really sure-verdict is still out on the first paper.Jyu1ch1 wrote:Seems a fair trade to me. Seriously though, how big on word count is this teacher? I have had ones who were word count Nazi's, and those who looked at quality, and as long as you were close to the count but made your point they were ok.Solnes wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:** spoiler omitted **One word...FLUFFThe whole paper is fluff. How can I fluff da fluffy?! *cries in the corner*
I'm just gonna have to convince the teacher since I was a paragraph over the last paper it's ok for me to be short a paragraph....RIGHT?! *stabs notebook with pen*Bad form...not cool.
Students should get the first paper back and have time to reflect on feedback before writing second paper.Dear Ms Leafette,
You should abandon creative writing and invest in a career of a serial killer.
DisRegards,
Professor Hoity Toity
Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. You heard me rapping right?
Dr. Double Honors, Ph.D. |
Moorluck wrote:Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. You heard me rapping right?Urizen wrote:Let me tell you a little something about murder. It's fun, it's exciting, and it's real easy.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:Solnes wrote:I'm not really sure-verdict is still out on the first paper.Jyu1ch1 wrote:Seems a fair trade to me. Seriously though, how big on word count is this teacher? I have had ones who were word count Nazi's, and those who looked at quality, and as long as you were close to the count but made your point they were ok.Solnes wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:** spoiler omitted **One word...FLUFFThe whole paper is fluff. How can I fluff da fluffy?! *cries in the corner*
I'm just gonna have to convince the teacher since I was a paragraph over the last paper it's ok for me to be short a paragraph....RIGHT?! *stabs notebook with pen*Bad form...not cool.
Students should get the first paper back and have time to reflect on feedback before writing second paper.Dear Ms Leafette,
You should abandon creative writing and invest in a career of a serial killer.
DisRegards,
Professor Hoity Toity
::To every one's surprise, begins beat-boxing::
Jyu1ch1 |
Wolfthulhu wrote:::To every one's surprise and terror, begins beat-boxing::Moorluck wrote:Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. You heard me rapping right?Urizen wrote:Let me tell you a little something about murder. It's fun, it's exciting, and it's real easy.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:Solnes wrote:I'm not really sure-verdict is still out on the first paper.Jyu1ch1 wrote:Seems a fair trade to me. Seriously though, how big on word count is this teacher? I have had ones who were word count Nazi's, and those who looked at quality, and as long as you were close to the count but made your point they were ok.Solnes wrote:Jyu1ch1 wrote:** spoiler omitted **One word...FLUFFThe whole paper is fluff. How can I fluff da fluffy?! *cries in the corner*
I'm just gonna have to convince the teacher since I was a paragraph over the last paper it's ok for me to be short a paragraph....RIGHT?! *stabs notebook with pen*Bad form...not cool.
Students should get the first paper back and have time to reflect on feedback before writing second paper.Dear Ms Leafette,
You should abandon creative writing and invest in a career of a serial killer.
DisRegards,
Professor Hoity Toity
I helped.
Jess Door |
Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. You heard me rapping right?Moorluck wrote:Let me tell you a little something about murder. It's fun, it's exciting, and it's real easy.
Dear Ms Leafette,You should abandon creative writing and invest in a career of a serial killer.
DisRegards,
Professor Hoity Toity
I thought that was just taiko practice.
...
Excuse while I find glue to stick my arms back on.
;_;
Gary Teter Senior Software Developer |
Mairkurion {tm} |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Congrats on the B+, Jyu1ch1.Wow, I used to get it with both barrels for a B+. "If you'd have put a little bit more effort into your work, you could have had an A-, which looks exactly the same as an A+ on your record!" And so on and so forth. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
A B is supposed to be good; so that's a Good+.
I am an enemy of both grade inflation and daughter deflation.Treppa |
Treppa wrote:Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Congrats on the B+, Jyu1ch1.Wow, I used to get it with both barrels for a B+. "If you'd have put a little bit more effort into your work, you could have had an A-, which looks exactly the same as an A+ on your record!" And so on and so forth. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.A B is supposed to be good; so that's a Good+.
I am an enemy of both grade inflation and daughter deflation.
+1, though I could use some deflation now.
Urizen |
Urizen wrote:Who died and left you Lord President? ;)Mairkurion Jr. wrote:Okay.Fawtly DM wrote:Yesh, pwease. :)Would you be interested in said PbP still?
I'd like everyone who would like to get it going again to let me know, if you guys are up for it, we just need to find someone to replace Flash and I'd love to give the old FaWTL try. :)
Heh. No. I assumed I was just as guilty as you were of PbP neglect.
Moorluck |
*click*
** spoiler omitted **
Guys, I have a confession to make. Have y'all ever noticed that the PMG and myself never post at the same time, and think about how Clark Kent and Superman are never in the same place at the same time. Yes folks, I am The Post Monster.
Allen Taliesin Clockwork Gnome Publishing |
Allen Taliesin Clockwork Gnome Publishing |
Celestial Healer wrote:Awesome Congrats CH. Forgive my ignorance but what was your field of study?Thanks!
It was ironic... It went something like this:
Me: "Waaaaahhhh. What if I don't make it into any of my schools?"
[phone bleeps]
Me: "Ugh, who's emailing me now?"
[reads email from school]
Me: "Oh. Well, never mind, then!"
Hotness. CH studies hotness.
Solnes |
Jeremy Mcgillan wrote:Hotness. CH studies hotness.Celestial Healer wrote:Awesome Congrats CH. Forgive my ignorance but what was your field of study?Thanks!
It was ironic... It went something like this:
Me: "Waaaaahhhh. What if I don't make it into any of my schools?"
[phone bleeps]
Me: "Ugh, who's emailing me now?"
[reads email from school]
Me: "Oh. Well, never mind, then!"
Nicely done.
Allen Taliesin Clockwork Gnome Publishing |
Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Congrats on the B+, Jyu1ch1.Wow, I used to get it with both barrels for a B+. "If you'd have put a little bit more effort into your work, you could have had an A-, which looks exactly the same as an A+ on your record!" And so on and so forth. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Ahhhhh.....memories of high school. I understand.
Allen Taliesin Clockwork Gnome Publishing |
Allen Taliesin wrote:Nicely done.Jeremy Mcgillan wrote:Hotness. CH studies hotness.Celestial Healer wrote:Awesome Congrats CH. Forgive my ignorance but what was your field of study?Thanks!
It was ironic... It went something like this:
Me: "Waaaaahhhh. What if I don't make it into any of my schools?"
[phone bleeps]
Me: "Ugh, who's emailing me now?"
[reads email from school]
Me: "Oh. Well, never mind, then!"
Thanks. :)
Woodraven |
Treppa wrote:Ahhhhh.....mamories of high school. I understand.Mairkurion {tm} wrote:Congrats on the B+, Jyu1ch1.Wow, I used to get it with both barrels for a B+. "If you'd have put a little bit more effort into your work, you could have had an A-, which looks exactly the same as an A+ on your record!" And so on and so forth. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
FIFY