Deleted
Posts: 0
Sept 30, 2024 8:23:19 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 17:02:31 GMT
I use them a lot. Honestly, it doesn't bother me if others like it or not, it's just what I do. It's almost like separating my thoughts within a sentence, exactly how I would speak to you in person. I use exclamation points a lot too, but I am not going to try and break the habit, again it's who I am .
|
|
ginacivey
Pearl Clutcher
refupea #2 in southeast missouri
Posts: 4,685
Jun 25, 2014 19:18:36 GMT
|
Post by ginacivey on Apr 19, 2016 17:19:05 GMT
wanna know what is worse?
when a person does all of the above...
and also fails to capitalize!
gina
|
|
scrappert
Prolific Pea
RefuPea #2956
Posts: 7,956
Location: Milwaukee, WI area
Jul 11, 2014 21:20:09 GMT
|
Post by scrappert on Apr 19, 2016 17:25:44 GMT
I use them, too.
I do have one cocky co-worker who uses them in business emails and that drives me nuts.
"Here are the invoices....are we good...??"
I don't know why, but those bug me. Anywhere else and I am good.
|
|
ashwyness
Full Member
Posts: 186
Jul 22, 2014 17:33:23 GMT
|
Post by ashwyness on Apr 19, 2016 17:43:47 GMT
So...how many dots are the proper amount to use?
|
|
|
Post by jackie on Apr 19, 2016 18:29:53 GMT
I love them--almost as much as I love em dashes and exclamation points!!! I don't believe I overuse them to the extent of what the OP is describing, but I definitely overuse. My ds was looking at a post I wrote once on 2 peas or Facebook, and he told me that I write like a teenage girl with my multiple exclamation points. Eh, who cares, I FEEL like a teenage girl. Funny thing is, I write for a living at work and QA other people's work, so not only do I have to watch that stuff, I have to call other people out on it. I took a writing certification course at work the other day and one thing we were told is not to use exclamation points, to let our words convey that feeling instead. Huh?! I get not using them too often and not using multiples (something I would never do at work), but to not use them at all? I don't think so!!!
|
|
|
Post by chlerbie on Apr 19, 2016 19:32:03 GMT
I often have to stop myself from adding exclamation points when they're not needed--but then I have a hard time deciding if it's warranted or not. (I wanted one there, but used some will power and left it alone....and wanted one after "alone" but decided to go with the fun li'l dots instead. Damn, I love those things.)
I also have a habit of using smiley faces. I often stop myself from those as well.
|
|
scrapaddie
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,090
Jul 8, 2014 20:17:31 GMT
|
Post by scrapaddie on Apr 19, 2016 19:33:16 GMT
My bad.....
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Sept 30, 2024 8:23:19 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 19:35:36 GMT
You should not read my blog.
Part of my reason for over-spacing is that people who read things on the internet like message boards and blogs are losing their ability to focus on long paragraphs.
One hundred forty characters has become the length of our attention span.
|
|
|
Post by papersilly on Apr 19, 2016 20:42:10 GMT
I am guilty of doing this (probably incorrectly too)...all...the...time....LOL
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Sept 30, 2024 8:23:19 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 20:44:04 GMT
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ To each their own...
|
|
gottapeanow
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,813
Jun 25, 2014 20:56:09 GMT
|
Post by gottapeanow on Apr 19, 2016 22:08:41 GMT
So...how many dots are the proper amount to use? In the middle of a sentence, you only use three . . . like this. At the end of a sentence, if you let the thought trail off, you use four, like this . . . . Chicago style and AP also use them differently. One uses them with spaces as I did above. And the other uses them without spaces as everyone else did in this post. Neither is "right" or "wrong." It's according to the style, and what style you use is partially based on your own personal preference. Lisa
|
|
|
Post by refugeepea on Apr 20, 2016 0:45:35 GMT
I like to keep the . . . together like this..............
|
|
katybee
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,447
Jun 25, 2014 23:25:39 GMT
|
Post by katybee on Apr 20, 2016 0:58:02 GMT
Love them... And dashes, too--
|
|
|
Post by rst on Apr 20, 2016 1:46:09 GMT
I need them to have the spaces, as with Chicago Manual of Style.
My guilty punctuation pleasure is the m-dash. And possibly overuse of ;
|
|