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Pad Patter: 1/16 - Punctuation Rules

I am a one space and no Oxford comma person. I am also a huge fan of correct punctuation and spelling. Incorrect use of their, there and they're drives me bananas!
 
Yeah, I can't break the 2-space thing either, and I worked for a newspaper for awhile. The editor and I used to fight over some of his grammar. He would always just "win" by saying it was journalism.

I am totally a pro-Oxford-comma-kinda girl. I'm an English major, but generally, when I'm typing in the forums or on FB, I break all kinds of grammar rules... especially with...

Though I will never break the there, their, they're one because it totally drives me nuts.

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eta... Laura was reading my mind.
 
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lorryfach said:
If you type two spaces on an iPhone, it replaces it with a period and then a space. That's how I learned that it was now one space. I adopted it because it's faster and the second space doesn't improve readability, IMO.

I am pro-Oxford comma. My main reason is because that follows the way I would say it out loud. "I love my older daughter *pause* my younger daughter *pause* and my husband." So two commas. If there's only one, then my inner voice reads it as "I love my daughter *pause* myyoungerdaughterandmyhusband." And that's just weird.
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Haha - I feel the same way about the oxford comma - it's all in how it sounds in my head and w/out the 2nd one, it is weird! :)
 
Pro Oxford comma. Pro double spacing after a period. Sometimes, I am hyper aware of the double space, but it comes so natural that I'm not going to consciously try to stop it.
 
The only time I ever used the double space was in typing class. It drove me nuts because every other teacher told me NOT to use the double space. As for commas, I love them. I probably use too much punctuation... I was never great in English class! So yes, I'm a pro-Oxford comma person. I've had teachers who wanted them and others who kept telling me to take the "unnecessary" comma out... I just like my punctuation! =)
 
Definitely a "two space" after a period, "one after a comma" type girl! Don't think I could ever change that learned habit! As far as the Oxford comma...never knew it was called that, but I was taught that you do a comma after each word in a group like that, so I would say it's
eggs, toast, and orange juice.

So funny to hear or see that everyone has a different spin on this type of thing! I love it!
 
I would marry the Oxford comma if I could.

What drives me crazy (& drove me crazy at my last editing job) is that everything has to be hyphenated now e.g. full-time, fast-acting, etc. as if people are too dumb anymore to figure out that an adjective immediately preceding a noun is describing said noun if there were to be just a space, and not a hyphen, between the two words.

Don't even get me STARTED on businesses that use Comic Sans in their professional correspondence.

#fullonwordnerd #aintnoshameinmygrammargame
 
LeeAndra said:
I would marry the Oxford comma if I could.

What drives me crazy (& drove me crazy at my last editing job) is that everything has to be hyphenated now e.g. full-time, fast-acting, etc. as if people are too dumb anymore to figure out that an adjective immediately preceding a noun is describing said noun if there were to be just a space, and not a hyphen, between the two words.

Don't even get me STARTED on businesses that use Comic Sans in their professional correspondence.

#fullonwordnerd #aintnoshameinmygrammargame
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HYPHENATE-ALL-THE-WORDS!!

I never know what needs a hyphen and what doesn't these days. Drives me nuts.
 
Two spaces...always two spaces!!!! (multiple !!!! too)

As for the commas
Eggs, toast and orange juice.
 
OH I am soooo glad it's only one space after a sentence. When I'm working, everytime I see that 2nd space it feels like such a waste of total space.
 
Manual typewriter learner here. The double space after the period comes and goes, but my OCD tells me two spaces is "better" or at least more complete!
I was taught a comma after every word on a list, even before an 'and'.

As for hyphens...what the heck is going on with those?
 
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