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  1. Malfoy

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    #26 Malfoy, Mar 30, 2006
    Fare! Enuff! Well aLL Find! a weigh too Coexist!
     
  2. RossoCorsaItaly

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    #27 RossoCorsaItaly, Mar 30, 2006
    I don't mind it online but I know this girl that actually says "dot dot dot" at the end of an akward sentence.
     
  3. LetsJet

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    #28 LetsJet, Mar 30, 2006
    Oh man,

    I must drive you crazy. I use them in almost every post. I could write grammatically correct, but it would have less meaning and be more difficult to read. I like the dramatic pause (....) and the spacing. It makes it easier on the eyes.

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    I must drive you crazy......

    I use them in almost every post....

    I could write grammatically correct, but it would have less meaning and be more difficult to read.

    I like the dramatic pause .............and the spacing

    ..............It makes it easier on the eyes.

    It's more like writing like you talk..............
     
  4. andrewg

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    #29 andrewg, Mar 30, 2006
    Maybe the way forward would be to start with the small things, like re-introducing the U in Colour or maybe spelling Tyre correctly ;)
     
  5. Mario Gonzalez

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    #30 Mario Gonzalez, Mar 30, 2006
    (grammar nazi)...
     
  6. Whisky

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    #31 Whisky, Mar 30, 2006
    I think I am the guy he is targeting........ but I could be wrong........
     
  7. rammsteinmatt

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    #32 rammsteinmatt, Mar 30, 2006
    when the plane that intersects the cone is at an angle between the angle of the side of the horizontal and the horizontal (assuming the base of the cone is defined as the horizontal)

    you know since we're trying to be so correct in this thread

    of note: a plane intersecting parallel to the horizontal would be a circle. a plane at an angle equal to that of the side (parallel to the side), but offset, would make a parabola, and a plane intersection at an angle steeper than the angle defining the side would make a hyperbola.

    its the basis of all space orbits :thumbs up:
     
  8. Malfoy

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    #33 Malfoy, Mar 30, 2006

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  9. quartermaster

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    #34 quartermaster, Mar 30, 2006
    Now THAT makes me want to start another thread on grammer, punctuation and spelling(ellipses)!
     
  10. ghost

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    #35 ghost, Mar 30, 2006
    NNO uses it the most.

    'Nuff said. - :p

    On a serious note, I do take your point. Forget about vB - it has become the norm to use it in office email communique to break up sentences. Somebody stop the madness!
     
  11. BigDog

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    #36 BigDog, Mar 30, 2006
    wh47, d0 y0u h4v3 4 pr0813m w!7h 7h3 w4y ! 7yp3?
     
  12. wax

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    #37 wax, Mar 30, 2006
  13. quartermaster

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  14. wax

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  15. WCH

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    #40 WCH, Mar 30, 2006
    louis ... ferdinand ... celine
     
  16. RacerX_GTO

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    #41 RacerX_GTO, Mar 30, 2006
    Wait... now I am concerned here. What are the penalties for the abuse of an ellipse? Abuses of this sort constantly go unreported, if there is not a law on the books...should we pass a law for such abuses?












    :D
     
  17. Texas Forever

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    #42 Texas Forever, Mar 30, 2006
    The reason is simple. Nobody understands sentence structure anymore. You know, where you express a complete thought, after which you put a period.

    Almost nobody expresses complete thoughts anymore. Imagine that...

    Dale
     
  18. Speedracer38

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    #43 Speedracer38, Mar 30, 2006
    I do it all the time......I don't know why.
     
  19. darth550

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    #44 darth550, Mar 30, 2006
    Ahhh yes....those big and beautiful ellipses! :)
     
  20. Sfumato

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    #45 Sfumato, Mar 30, 2006
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  21. Mario Gonzalez

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    #46 Mario Gonzalez, Mar 30, 2006
    ;)

    (@Y@)


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  22. Sfumato

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  23. Whisky

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    #48 Whisky, Mar 30, 2006
    That looks a little like Harold Ramis in the foreground............ (ooops...... sorry......)
     
  24. frefan

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    #49 frefan, Apr 1, 2006
    The elipses represent missing TRUTH. As in -- "Bears are cute and cuddly, and make great housepets ..."
     
  25. Malfoy

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    #50 Malfoy, Apr 1, 2006

    LOL finally something sensible added to the conversation.


    Slightly OT: The past few nights Mr. C has been on a roll. He was starting to slip a bit there but now he's running on all cylinders.
     
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