Comments on: I am a semicolon http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/ was Off the Mark Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5863 Mark Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:25:19 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5863 Well, as for finding a biblio-ellipsis, here's one: http://braided.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html The description is at least as accurate and the main reason is I use them a lot in the "what is left out" sense. Also, my first blog title had 2 of them as it was ...the thoughts are broken... Just seems sort of appropriate is all. Well, as for finding a biblio-ellipsis, here’s one:
http://braided.blogspot.com/2007/06/blog-post.html

The description is at least as accurate and the main reason is I use them a lot in the “what is left out” sense. Also, my first blog title had 2 of them as it was …the thoughts are broken…

Just seems sort of appropriate is all.

]]> By: Ross http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5854 Ross Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:13:20 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5854 ... and, of course, two typos: (one=>one; a=>and). … and, of course, two typos: (one=>one; a=>and).

]]> By: Ross http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5853 Ross Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:11:35 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5853 Thanks for <a href="http://intothestacks.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/punctuation/" rel="nofollow">your comment</a> on <a href="http://intothestacks.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Kirsten's blog</a>. Seems meet to respond to it on yours, right? I never knew there would be competition (and envy) over what punctuation on is deemed to be. I certainly never fancied myself an ellipsis, even as it seems oddly appropriate. I'm not sure I'm more than curious about other ellipses (?) out there. Maybe I'd rather associate with an ampersand. I wonder if I should find that bibli0-ellipsis you refer to out there a compare notes. Thanks for your comment on Kirsten’s blog. Seems meet to respond to it on yours, right? I never knew there would be competition (and envy) over what punctuation on is deemed to be. I certainly never fancied myself an ellipsis, even as it seems oddly appropriate. I’m not sure I’m more than curious about other ellipses (?) out there. Maybe I’d rather associate with an ampersand. I wonder if I should find that bibli0-ellipsis you refer to out there a compare notes.

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5836 Mark Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:52:08 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5836 Hi Jenn, sorry, meant to get back to you sooner. Pish posh, typos are prevalent; they occur. Hi Jenn, sorry, meant to get back to you sooner.

Pish posh, typos are prevalent; they occur.

]]> By: Mark http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5835 Mark Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:49:57 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5835 Thanks for the comment, Martha. Me, I'm looking for an ellipsis. I cannot believe I didn't end up as one. :( Actually, I know where one is but her silly blog wouldn't let me comment earlier. Thanks for the comment, Martha.

Me, I’m looking for an ellipsis. I cannot believe I didn’t end up as one. :(

Actually, I know where one is but her silly blog wouldn’t let me comment earlier.

]]> By: Martha http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5824 Martha Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:12:56 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5824 I'm <a href="http://vitallibrary.blogspot.com/2007/06/quotation-marks.html" rel="nofollow">Quotation Marks</a>!! ;-) Martha I’m Quotation Marks!!

;-)

Martha

]]> By: That’s *Mz.* Semi-colon « Epist http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5821 That’s *Mz.* Semi-colon « Epist Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:57:41 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5821 [...] Thursday, June 28th, 2007 in pop culture, eye candy While catching up on some long overdue Google Reader feeds, I discovered that I am a semi-colon. Big thank-you to Jennifer and fellow semi-colon Mark… [...] [...] Thursday, June 28th, 2007 in pop culture, eye candy While catching up on some long overdue Google Reader feeds, I discovered that I am a semi-colon. Big thank-you to Jennifer and fellow semi-colon Mark… [...]

]]> By: Parenthesis For Me « Life as I Know It http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5811 Parenthesis For Me « Life as I Know It Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:12:44 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5811 [...] Parenthesis For Me I often can’t resist these web quizzes - and I especially couldn’t resist this one that determines which type of punctuation one resembles. I found this one from Mark “the semicolon” Lindner. [...] [...] Parenthesis For Me I often can’t resist these web quizzes – and I especially couldn’t resist this one that determines which type of punctuation one resembles. I found this one from Mark “the semicolon” Lindner. [...]

]]> By: Jenn http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5805 Jenn Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:14 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5805 Augh! A typo in the midst of my beautiful paragraph! Please forgive this egregious error! Augh! A typo in the midst of my beautiful paragraph! Please forgive this egregious error!

]]> By: Jenn http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/comment-page-1/#comment-5804 Jenn Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:13:15 +0000 http://marklindner.info/blog/2007/06/27/i-am-a-semicolon/#comment-5804 I saw that meme a while ago and scored as the semicolon as well. I love the wording in that entire paragraph: "sneering at commas, dismissing periods as beneath your contempt." Haha! I do love the semicolon. I did not become acquainted with its subtle connotations until I read C.S. Lewis and noted his frequent use of the colon in spots I would normally have place a semicolon. Forced to seek out the MLA manual for grammar, I discovered that the semicolon is used to link two complimentary statements; usually the second emphasizes the first. The colon, on the other hand, may be used to separate statements which contradict; specifically, the colon is used when one desires to illuminated a marked contrast between two ideas. Grammar is such fun. Have you read Lynn Truss's book <i>Eats, Shoots and Leaves</i>? Probably you have. It's one of my favorite books. (I am such a geek.) I saw that meme a while ago and scored as the semicolon as well. I love the wording in that entire paragraph: “sneering at commas, dismissing periods as beneath your contempt.” Haha!

I do love the semicolon. I did not become acquainted with its subtle connotations until I read C.S. Lewis and noted his frequent use of the colon in spots I would normally have place a semicolon. Forced to seek out the MLA manual for grammar, I discovered that the semicolon is used to link two complimentary statements; usually the second emphasizes the first. The colon, on the other hand, may be used to separate statements which contradict; specifically, the colon is used when one desires to illuminated a marked contrast between two ideas.

Grammar is such fun. Have you read Lynn Truss’s book Eats, Shoots and Leaves? Probably you have. It’s one of my favorite books. (I am such a geek.)

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