A brief outburst

[sjazzmreow]

OH MY GOD PEOPLE ELLIPSES ARE NOT AN ALL-PURPOSE PUNCTUATION

IT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO END YOUR SENTENCES WITH A FULLSTOP, OR TO SEPARATE THINGS WITH A COMMA

YES THAT'S RIGHT, ONE DOT IS OKAY. NO ONE IS GOING TO COMPLAIN THAT YOU'RE NOT USING ENOUGH PERIODS

FOR GOODNESS SAKES

GET SOME DAMN CONFIDENCE IN WHAT YOU ARE TYPING AND ACTUALLY MAKE AN

Comments

[phrasemuffin]

Here here...

[sjazzmreow]

Oh I see what you did there! And yes, very clever, fine joke. Still -

ARRRRRGH NONONONO!!

*sobs*

[phrasemuffin]

AW! I'm sorry! Sometimes my humour has devestating effects :( I'm kinda glad I didn't try to be extra "funny" and use only two periods, actually.

(See? No ellipsesies!)

[sjazzmreow]

Aw, it's okay! I'm not really too upset. :D Just... don'teverdothatagain.

And I very much appreciate the lack of ellipeseisises there. Yer a good lad.

(Any readers of the above rant should note that what I have done in this comment is an example of CORRECT USE OF ELLIPSES. At least, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.)

[artfreak56]

'NOTHING YOU SAY IS ACTUALLY SO SUSPENSEFUL THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE HANGING ON FOR MORE THAN THREE DOTS, DAMNIT' = LOLZ!

Word on the rant. Though I think I heard somewhere that you have to put four dots if it's at the end of the sentence? I dunno where I heard that but it seemed odd. ¬_¬

[sjazzmreow]

Why thanky, ma'am! *feels all pleased*

I sort of think I'd heard something similar myself, come to that. But I'm not really sure if it's something that's neccesary, even if it did turn out to be technically correct. I mean, MS Word accepts four periods at the ends of sentences, but that might not be the best evidence for anything. -_<