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a poll about grammar

  • May. 9th, 2006 at 6:29 PM
cali: (dictionary/thesaurus OTP4eva!)
Last week my teacher who makes me want to punch him went off on a rant about how he cannot stand that students nowadays only use one space after a period and not two. He said it will, like, actually ruin his night when he's reading papers and was quite hysterical in his hatred for the trend. While I insist on using two spaces after my periods, I don't-as he went on at length about-do it so that my sentences can have a chance to breathe and settle into my reader's consciousness. But it did get me thinking about various grammar rules. Hence, a poll!

[Poll #725850]

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abbylee: (Default)
[personal profile] abbylee wrote:
May. 10th, 2006 03:29 am (UTC)
I always put two spaces in. It's mostly habit; anything that's online is just going to strip it anyway, but I automatically hit the spacebar twice. Your prof is a nutter; consistency is much more important.

Obviously, I use semi-colons all the time. I have since grade seven when I finally figured out what they were for. I NEED my oxford commas. And I think grammar rules are hugely important, but that doesn't mean certain ones are flexible :D