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I don't understand is that hurting you?
Or... Is it a "Law" on this message board?
Or... Is it a "Law" on this message board?
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It hurts me because to see innocent, helpless punctuation misused and abused, yes. Both for the punctuation's sake and the sake of my inner punctuation Nazi.
EDIT: Hit the "send" button too soon... Also, overusing and/or misusing punctuation tends to make you look like an immature, hyperactive 12-year-old. And we prefer our posters to be mature and reasonably calm, whatever their chronological age may be.
There is no specific rule against misusing punctuation, but there is a rule about legibility of posts and avoiding rampant netspeak: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/help.php?board=gen#rules. You haven't broken that rule though, at least not imo.
Miranda
"Come... you must eat my child." — From an unknown badfic.
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
EDIT: Hit the "send" button too soon... Also, overusing and/or misusing punctuation tends to make you look like an immature, hyperactive 12-year-old. And we prefer our posters to be mature and reasonably calm, whatever their chronological age may be.
There is no specific rule against misusing punctuation, but there is a rule about legibility of posts and avoiding rampant netspeak: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/help.php?board=gen#rules. You haven't broken that rule though, at least not imo.
"Come... you must eat my child." — From an unknown badfic.
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
This message was edited 6/22/2005, 8:38 PM
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