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24 Feb 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungA comma is a break and pause to think. Obviously you cannot think!
Is 'non-English' a noun?
[b]Languages I can cope with, if written correctly.
Is that comma there for a reason?
Isn't it amazing how Thai people try to teach English to Americans - and do so in such a poor way?[/b]
Originally posted by mikelomIn the 3rd century BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium invented a system of single dots (distinctiones) that separated verses (colometry) and indicated the amount of breath needed to complete each fragment of text when reading aloud (not to comply with rules of grammar, which were not applied to punctuation marks until thousands of years later). The different lengths were signified by a dot at the bottom, middle, or top of the line. For a short passage (a komma), a media distinctio dot was placed mid-level ( · ). This is the origin of the concept of a comma, though the name came to be used for the mark itself instead of the clause it separated.
A comma is a break and pause to think. Obviously you cannot think!
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungQ.E.D.
In the 3rd century BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium invented a system of single dots (distinctiones) that separated verses (colometry) and indicated the amount of breath needed to complete each fragment of text when reading aloud (not to comply with rules of grammar, which were not applied to punctuation marks until thousands of years later). The diff ...[text shortened]... he mark itself instead of the clause it separated.
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Originally posted by AThousandYoungReading this thread, I felt sad for most of the participants. The responses to the original poster have generally been reactive and not thoughtful. If you think about the words in the quoted post, it seems that the original poster is very unhappy about his life, and is looking for an explanation for the unhappiness he is experiencing.
Thanks, "Mexico", for the urban camoflauge the people under your name bring to the thugs and gangsters.
Thanks, USA liberals, for the urban camoflauge your policiies have provided the enemy.
Thanks, USA conservatives, for funding this trash via the "war on drugs".
Thanks, God, if you exist, for this miserable world.
Well, my life is almost ...[text shortened]... die for my city; my state; my country; my people.
My people aren't fleeing from Mexico.
To all of you, please stop arguing and try to contribute something positive which may help.
Originally posted by MissOleumPlease don't feel sad for me. :'(
Reading this thread, I felt sad for most of the participants. The responses to the original poster have generally been reactive and not thoughtful. If you think about the words in the quoted post, it seems that the original poster is very unhappy about his life, and is looking for an explanation for the unhappiness he is experiencing.
To all of you, please stop arguing and try to contribute something positive which may help.
Yes, let's feel sorry for............. ?
Damn.... I can't remember..
Oh yes, the complacent misuse of American language..... 😛
Originally posted by MissOleumOh please, ATY turned this thread into a bus crash himself because he's drunk and angry and everyone who has joined in has received insults and attacks from him. I sympathise with his position, but he's taking his frustration out on everyone here, so I'll give him some positive advice; sober up.
Reading this thread, I felt sad for most of the participants. The responses to the original poster have generally been reactive and not thoughtful. If you think about the words in the quoted post, it seems that the original poster is very unhappy about his life, and is looking for an explanation for the unhappiness he is experiencing.
To all of you, please stop arguing and try to contribute something positive which may help.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungIf you really want to change something for the better in your neighbourhood, why don't you join the police?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-avenues23feb23,1,3154129.story?track=rss
And some of you wonder why I'm angry.
I might shoot some of these rodents soon.
The first step might be me buying a gun. Or that might be the second step after I get threatened.
There are only so many steps before people start eating bullets You think you're tougher than Hussein?
Johnny get your gun get your gun get your gun...
You're unemployed, right? You'd have the chance to change things around your living area for the better. Maybe you wouldn't deal with this problem in particular, but you'd be doing two things that you think are important.
First, you'd be making your neighbourhood/city a safer place and actively contributing for change. Secondly, you'd be doing it not only under the laws of the country that you so love, but upholding them.
Think about it.
Originally posted by MissOleumI started this thread drunk and angry. I apologize for any unreasonable hostility.
Reading this thread, I felt sad for most of the participants. The responses to the original poster have generally been reactive and not thoughtful. If you think about the words in the quoted post, it seems that the original poster is very unhappy about his life, and is looking for an explanation for the unhappiness he is experiencing.
To all of you, please stop arguing and try to contribute something positive which may help.