Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question

[paul]

No, I meant meant why are you interested in how I punctuate things.

> Oh dear - back to basics.  It was intended as a joke, but since you
> ask...

You should look at your own punctuation. The three dots at the end would
denote that you have left something unsaid.
That is not the case, because you then go on to say what was left unsaid.
The conclusion being that
you intended the three dots to be a pause in a larger statement, which could
equally have been covered by a semicolon,
or a hyphon. The fact that you used three dots is a sign that the semicolon
or the hyphon would not do the job.
That's a subjective decision. There was nothing wrong with the sentence you
are criticising.

BRING IT ON!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Winters" <john at sinodun.org.uk>
To: "Greater London Linux User Group" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question


> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 13:56 +0000, paul wrote:
> > >Given that you're stringing two sentences together, that comma should
be
> > >either a semi-colon or a full stop.
> >
> > why?
>
> Oh dear - back to basics.  It was intended as a joke, but since you
> ask...
>
> You end a sentence with a full stop, not a comma.  If you have two
> closely related sentences which you want to run together then you can
> use a semi-colon.  A comma is for use *within* a sentence.
>
> Of course you can? use whatever punctuation you like! but the further
> you stray.  From conventional; usage! The harder it becomes to. Ensure
> that you get your intended meaning across,
>
> HTH
> John
>
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