My eighteen year-old daughter loves semi-colons. She uses them correctly and finds they help the flow of her writing (as they are intended to do). Punctuation is a courtesy to the reader - if writers can't be bothered to use punctuation and at least attempt some grammatical structure, I can't be bothered to read it.
You only have to see some of the attempts at English in eBay listings to know that all is not well!
Generation Z does not tend to challenge itself with the sort of reading that imbues an understanding of the written word. Heck, they can't even divide £3 6S 5d by seven in their head!
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
25th Aug 2020 10:28 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
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I hope you're ok down there Hugh?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
Just about, thanks, Paul! Very windy and (our recently cleared) ditches are flowing nicely.
A bit more rain might clean the muddy horses.
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
25th Aug 2020 10:56 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13553
HWN wrote:
Heck, they can't even divide £3 6S 5d by seven in their head!
Why would they need to? Punctuation is still useful. That calculation, however, is not. Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
My son and I had a Skype call this afternoon so that he could walk around his student digs and I could identify the thermostat for the central-heating and instruct him on its use.
My wife says that sort of thing comes under Man Things and our son's lack of awareness is, therefore, my fault.
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
25th Aug 2020 5:45 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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Of course it is, how remiss of you to think otherwise!!
Put that in there as SWMBO has a habit of lurking here, even though she’s sitting on the other sofa.
25th Aug 2020 5:49 pm
Scott #55
Member Since: 15 Apr 2015
Location: UK
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HWN wrote:
My son and I had a Skype call this afternoon so that he could walk around his student digs and I could identify the thermostat for the central-heating and instruct him on its use.
My wife says that sort of thing comes under Man Things and our son's lack of awareness is, therefore, my fault.
You're a lucky man if SWMBO leaves the thermostat to you.
I have a friend who, when newly married, got fed up with his wife altering the setting on the thermostat with a greater frequency than the time it took for the heating system to respond and settle to the new temperature. His peaceful solution was to move the wiring to a replacement thermostat hidden in a cupboard, and leave his wife to blissfully fiddle with the original every few minutes.
I wonder if he told the new owners when he sold the house . . . ?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
25th Aug 2020 6:44 pm
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I hope you're ok down there Hugh?
