Punctuation pooh-poohs

[cjsmith]

This? Is not grammatically correct.
Neither? Is this.
It makes prose? Sound whiny and ineffective.
When I do this? Somebody please kick my butt.

Almost every time I see an ellipsis... a comma would be better.
Commas indicate natural pauses in speaking... as this seems to be trying to do.
If it's meant to add emphasis... it's not working.
When I do this... somebody please kick my butt.

Comma splices are another one, each of these should be a sentence, it drives me crazy when I have to read it, I never know if the writer has a point in mind, in fact I usually start to figure they don't, I'm probably guilty of all three of these too sometimes, maybe I should have been a grade-school English teacher, this kind of thing really jumps out at me, when I do this somebody please kick my butt.

I feel better now.

Comments

Ooh! Ooh! My turn!

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Hit at it's core? Noooo.

The line for the its/it's witchhunt starts on the left

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

airporter is one of THEM! Kill the heretic, and all its peeves.

We can set up a bonfire, fueled by signs with grocer's apostrophe's. I'll bring the stakes.

Re: The line for the its/it's witchhunt starts on the left

[airporter.livejournal.com]

You could've really gone overboard there; "stakes" might be a possessive.

Re: The line for the its/it's witchhunt starts on the left

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'll bring extra signs giving prices in fractions of a cent! Zucchini's, 0.75 cents each! Maybe I'll "grab" a few with "random" "quote marks" on them, too.

Re: The line for the its/it's witchhunt starts on the left

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Hm, but 0.75 cents for a zucchini is a really good price. I say hold 'em to it.

Ooh, the "quotes". ::twitch::

Re: Ooh! Ooh! My turn!

[airporter.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Mea maxima culpa.

I can only add that to my list, I suppose, and abase myself for careless, rushing acts.

(It's only slightly worse that I can't fix it!)