punctuation that make's you mad...

[Jacqui5254]

Avocado's

[KidKruger]

Make's

[grabot]

Failure to capitalise the first letter of a sentence...

[aquarius moon]

grabot Wrote:

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> Failure to capitalise the first letter of a

> sentence...

That is the worst.

Failing to use a comma really bugs me too. If you have to take a breath in the middle of a sentence, use a comma instead of babbling on.....................and..................on...............without breathing.

[grabot]

Quite right. Commas were invented to save us from suffocation!

[Sue]

Using commas instead of semi-colons GRRRRR

[KalamityKel]

Sue Wrote:

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> Using commas instead of semi-colons GRRRRR

semi,colons? That don't make sense...

[Alan Medic]

Should it not be 'make's one mad'?

[Peckhamrye]

No!

[Alan Medic]

Why not?

[womanofdulwich]

Simple present tense

I make

You make

he/she/it ( or other third person singular) makes .......

[Galin]

In English Grammar and in any other language all sentences make sense when you know that particular language.

I make , you make we all make but who made it first and why was not the No. 1 if this is not counted in sentences

has to be counted in numbers above the silly words silly silly silly .....!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alan Medic]

How can you know punctuation makes anyone mad, apart from yourself?

[grabot]

The use of generic you can be problematic. Particularly when you does not include me...

[Robert Poste's Child]

Or we could just assume the OP knew what they (I know!) intended to convey and chose the words for a reason.

[Alan Medic]

Can you start a sentence with 'or'?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Wouldn't it be easier (and prettier) if we returned to thee, thy, thou?

Your/you're mix up drives me mad.

[maxxi]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Wouldn't it be easier (and prettier) if we

> returned to thee, thy, thou?

>

> Your/you're mix up drives me mad.

There, their, they're....

[El Pibe]

They still use ye as second person plural here.

I think it's rather nice

[Robert Poste's Child]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Wouldn't it be easier (and prettier) if we

> returned to thee, thy, thou?

>

> Your/you're mix up drives me mad.

Thou knowest not what thou hast started.

Hang on, 'thou' is informal. Do we know each other well enough, or is it like it was in France or Germany when I was a girl and we ask permission?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

According to on-line Oxford Dictionaries, it is both formal and familiar.

But since we're all intimates on this forum, I think it will be fine to use it.

As for those people who begin a sentence with 'but' ...

[uncleglen]

This did the rounds on FB about a year ago

[steveo]

So did this

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac166/Steve_Overbury/1329536683249_5521957_zps7ceb3ff1.png