[QUOTE=Antigen]
Oh, please. I’m so hot I damn near sizzle, and my grammar is fabulous. If you play your cards right, maybe I’ll even show you what I can do with an apostrophe.
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She’s not alone. All us hot chicks have a good command of grammar. Participles don’t dangle when I’m around, that’s for sure.
[QUOTE=elfkin477]
She’s not alone. All us hot chicks have a good command of grammar. Participles don’t dangle when I’m around, that’s for sure.
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:: fans self ::
I had nine things I wanted to fit in here, but I could only hyphen-ate.
On second thought, I should explain the above post.
Sunspace and I used to work together. We were two (of a few) technical communicators in the midst of a bunch of engineers. Their documents generally needed improvement in grammar and punctuation, which (among other tasks) it was our job to supply. To make a long story short, grammar was my specialty, and punctuation was Sunspace’s. And it was a dull job. So to liven things up, we became Conan the Grammarian (me) and his faithful sidekick Punctuation Boy (Sunspace). And when an engineer casually dropped a document by, saying, “Can you guys have a look at this; y’know, just check it for grammar and stuff?” we’d grab it with a flourish and say “This looks like a job for…”
Now, the task above, dealing with apostrophes, is perfectly suited to Punctuation Boy. Sunspace–get to work!
[QUOTE=Spoons]
Now, the task above, dealing with apostrophes, is perfectly suited to Punctuation Boy. Sunspace–get to work!
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Hey! I got enough of that from Scansion Girl at work today!
(Note to the perplexed: Scansion Girl is yet another co-worker who Spoons and I both know. And, yes, she was checking over a document of mine today.)
To further explain the OP – I’m not saying that every Cute Chick is incapable of punctuation and grammar, nor am I saying that everyone who is so incapable is a Cute Chick. It’s just that patterns tend to emerge.
Another one I’ve noticed is that chicks who are far less cute tend to send e-mails that are – well, “fuzzy.” Bolded, italicized, and purple. Often with pictures of bunnies or puppies.
[QUOTE=Autolycus]
Yeah, little Autolycus just woke up. If anyone needs me, I’ll be back in ten minutes.
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“Little”, huh? Darn.
[QUOTE=stolichnaya]
You may as well say, “Cats don’t write novels”. Of course they don’t. They don’t need to.
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Exactly. I’m butt-ugly so I need to compensate with Very Correct Grammar. Somehow even that doesn’t do the trick.