Jazzin'D92 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Is really good in Jazz. Mine is!! Quote
Jazzin'D92 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Posted January 3, 2007 Well I actually ment who's school is known for their Jazz Band(s) ? By the way I go to Deer Valley in Arizona. Quote
Alexander Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) Well I actually ment who's school is known for their Jazz Band(s) ? By the way I go to Deer Valley in Arizona. The question should be "Whose school is known for its jazz band." "Who's" is a contraction of "who is." "Whose" is possessive. When referring to an institution (such as a school) it is appropriate to use the singluar pronoun, rather than the plural ("their"). And it's not "ment." It's "meant." I'm an English teacher. I can't help myself. Edited January 3, 2007 by Alexander Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Well I actually ment who's school is known for their Jazz Band(s) ? By the way I go to Deer Valley in Arizona. The question should be "Whose school is good in jazz." "Who's" is a contraction of "who is." "Whose" is possessive. Guess whose the teacher! Quote
Alexander Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Well I actually ment who's school is known for their Jazz Band(s) ? By the way I go to Deer Valley in Arizona. The question should be "Whose school is good in jazz." "Who's" is a contraction of "who is." "Whose" is possessive. Guess whose the teacher! I expect better from you, Chuck! Quote
PHILLYQ Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Danielle, Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo- stick around, it gets even better!Alexander, is my grammar and syntax copacetic? Quote
Alexander Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) Danielle, Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo- stick around, it gets even better!Alexander, is my grammar and syntax copacetic? Since you asked... Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it gets even better!" A semi-colon is usually preferable to the dash. If you must employ the dash, then you should have put a space between it and the word "organissimo." You should have two spaces between a punctuation mark that ends a sentence (such as an exclamation point) and the first word in the next sentence. Interestingly, there is a good deal of controversy over the origin of the word "copacetic." Bill "Bojangles" Robinson claimed to have invented the word while working as a shoeshine boy, although some African-Americans claim to have heard the word long before Robinson popularlized it. Others, however, claim that the word derives from Hebrew, specifically the terms hakol b’seder, "all is in order," or kol b’tzedek, "all with justice." Still other claim that it comes from the Chinook word copasenee, "everything is satisfactory," once used on the waterways of Washington State, or from the French coupersetique, from couper, "to strike," or from the French phrase copain(s) c’est épatant ("buddy(s), that’s great!"). Edited January 3, 2007 by Alexander Quote
JSngry Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it get's even better!" Oh, really? Quote
Guy Berger Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Interestingly, there is a good deal of contraversy over the origin of the word "copacetic." But none about the spelling of "controversy". Guy Quote
Alexander Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it get's even better!" Oh, really? Hey, who wrote that? Quote
Alexander Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Interestingly, there is a good deal of contraversy over the origin of the word "copacetic." But none about the spelling of "controversy". Guy Damn proofreader's on his coffee break! Quote
JSngry Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it get's even better!" Oh, really? Hey, who wrote that? Clark Terry? Quote
Tom Storer Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 Danielle, Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo- stick around, it gets even better!Alexander, is my grammar and syntax copacetic? Since you asked... Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it gets even better!" A semi-colon is usually preferable to the dash. If you must employ the dash, then you should have put a space between it and the word "organissimo." You should have two spaces between a punctuation mark that ends a sentence (such as an exclamation point) and the first word in the next sentence. I beg to differ! Using the em-dash (a longer mark than the dash, and inserted without spaces) is a perfectly acceptable way to vary punctuation. When the em-dash is unavailable (as it is here on this forum), the usual practice is to put in two dashes, again without spaces--like this. In addition, nowadays it is only dusty academics ( ) who put two spaces after the final punctuation of a sentence. The two-spaces rule dates from the days of monospaced fonts, when it helped visually mark the end of a sentence. With today's proportional fonts, it's no longer necessary. All professionally published material nowadays has only one space after final punctuation. As one grammar and punctuation geek to another, I salute you! Quote
Alexander Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 Danielle, Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo- stick around, it gets even better!Alexander, is my grammar and syntax copacetic? Since you asked... Your first sentence should read: "Welcome to the wacky world of Organissimo; stick around, it gets even better!" A semi-colon is usually preferable to the dash. If you must employ the dash, then you should have put a space between it and the word "organissimo." You should have two spaces between a punctuation mark that ends a sentence (such as an exclamation point) and the first word in the next sentence. I beg to differ! Using the em-dash (a longer mark than the dash, and inserted without spaces) is a perfectly acceptable way to vary punctuation. When the em-dash is unavailable (as it is here on this forum), the usual practice is to put in two dashes, again without spaces--like this. In addition, nowadays it is only dusty academics ( ) who put two spaces after the final punctuation of a sentence. The two-spaces rule dates from the days of monospaced fonts, when it helped visually mark the end of a sentence. With today's proportional fonts, it's no longer necessary. All professionally published material nowadays has only one space after final punctuation. As one grammar and punctuation geek to another, I salute you! I've heard of this "one space" rule. A friend of mine (a professor of music theory) had to do that when submitting a paper for publication recently. I refuse to accept it, however! It's just not the way I was brought up, dammit! Quote
Jazzin'D92 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Report Posted January 5, 2007 Okay, I didn't start this TOPIC for a flippin English LESSON.... the last time I checked it was for jazz. Anyways why would I CARE to know who the teacher is anyways? It's not like I know ANYONE on here...... PLEASE just stop. Go teach English at school and teach there ONLY. I can really careless it's the internet c'mon! You gotta be Hip//Cool no one really cares the way one types except maybe YOU..... Quote
scottb Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Okay, I didn't start this TOPIC for a flippin English LESSON.... the last time I checked it was for jazz. Anyways why would I CARE to know who the teacher is anyways? It's not like I know ANYONE on here...... PLEASE just stop. Go teach English at school and teach there ONLY. I can really careless it's the internet c'mon! You gotta be Hip//Cool no one really cares the way one types except maybe YOU..... Wow! This second grammer and punctuation exercise is even tougher than the first. When using sequential periods for the effect of a pause, I've always used three. Is their a rule concerning this? Is this even an official punctuation? Is three enough? Is four too many? You stumped me on that one! By the way, you COULDN'T care less. If you could care less that means you care, at least to some degree. Quote
chris olivarez Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Aw don't worry about it he's just messing with you. Quote
Alexander Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Okay, I didn't start this TOPIC for a flippin English LESSON.... the last time I checked it was for jazz. Anyways why would I CARE to know who the teacher is anyways? It's not like I know ANYONE on here...... PLEASE just stop. Go teach English at school and teach there ONLY. I can really careless it's the internet c'mon! You gotta be Hip//Cool no one really cares the way one types except maybe YOU..... When dropping a 'g' it is considered proper to use an apostrophe following the 'n,' as in "flippin'." "Careless" should be spelled as two separate words here ("care less"). In addition, that sentence should read: "I really couldn't care less; it's the internet! Come on!" Note the use of the semicolon to join the independent clauses. As to your last statement, proper grammar, punctuation and usage are a part of making oneself understood. And being understood is always hip! By the way, you don't need two backslashes to separate the words "hip" and "cool" (nor do those words need to be capitalized). Quote
JSngry Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 And being understood is always hip! I understood Reagan perfectly well. Did that make him hip? Quote
Alexander Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) Okay, I didn't start this TOPIC for a flippin English LESSON.... the last time I checked it was for jazz. Anyways why would I CARE to know who the teacher is anyways? It's not like I know ANYONE on here...... PLEASE just stop. Go teach English at school and teach there ONLY. I can really careless it's the internet c'mon! You gotta be Hip//Cool no one really cares the way one types except maybe YOU..... Wow! This second grammer and punctuation exercise is even tougher than the first. When using sequential periods for the effect of a pause, I've always used three. Is their a rule concerning this? Is this even an official punctuation? Is three enough? Is four too many? You stumped me on that one! Three sequential periods are called an "ellipsis." Ellipsis is derived from the Greek word "ελλειψις" meaning "omission." It refers to any part of speech that is intentionally omitted. It is colloqually used (especially in e-mail and internet chat) to indicate a pause, an unfinished thought or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis, which itself derives from the Greek "ἀποσιώπησις," meaning "to become silent"). Ellipses most often consist of three periods (although they can be represented typographically by three asterisks). Some style manuals insist that a space be placed before the first period to indicate the omitted word. Edited January 6, 2007 by Alexander Quote
rostasi Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 Alexander, When ending a sentence with a quotation, where should one place the period? Should it be inside the quotation mark or outside? Quote
chris olivarez Posted January 6, 2007 Report Posted January 6, 2007 And being understood is always hip! I understood Reagan perfectly well. Did that make him hip? Maybe his English teacher was on his case. That could explain everything. Quote
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