ColdJ Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Saltines, are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 (edited) Saltines, bathyspheres, are Spoiler “Rule 4: You may only add a word before the last word in the sentence when necessary.” Given that word 1 of this sentence was given with an included comma it was necessary to place prior to “are.” Bathyspheres also was placed with a comma which means the next player needs to place ahead of “are” to maintain proper grammar. 102706012024 new page 102806012024 Edited June 1 by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 On 6/1/2024 at 9:28 AM, AlamoVampire said: Saltines, bathyspheres, are Hide contents “Rule 4: You may only add a word before the last word in the sentence when necessary.” Given that word 1 of this sentence was given with an included comma it was necessary to place prior to “are.” Bathyspheres also was placed with a comma which means the next player needs to place ahead of “are” to maintain proper grammar. 102706012024 new page 102806012024 You could have just removed the comma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow71 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 You could have just removed the comma from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 No wait that wasn't the current sentence, I forgot to include it in my post (so sorry) Saltines, bathyspheres, are connected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected Spoiler @Kimera Industries nope. I intended the comma and thus placed it. And once again per proper english grammar have had to preempt the “are” because of the comma. There is another comma still in place prior to the “are” so once again the next player per proper english grammatical rules really needs to place there. 205106032024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 (edited) OK, new rule: Punctuation is decided by the user posting the next word. If you start with "Saltines" the next user can decide to make it a list: "Saltines, bathyspheres" or a different word that makes it not a list: "Sardines are" Placing a comma after a word when the structure is still unknown reduces the possible paths the sentence could take. For clarity, the current sentence will remain as is. Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, but Spoiler That sentence is a prime example of why this rule is in place now. With the addition of the comma, it was forced to be a list at least three items long. The next user was deprived of the opportunity to make it "Saltines and bathyspheres" (two items), or "Saltines are" (one item.) Edited June 8 by Kimera Industries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined but Spoiler Grammatically given the fact i cant add a new comma to conjoined someone really needs to place either an oxford comma (eggs, and) (a comma on conjoined with an immediate and) or an and without doing oxford comma. Until that happens by rules of standard english grammar the sentence will be improper. 233106072024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined but separated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined, and but separated Spoiler …<shakes head>… 110306082024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 6/2/2024 at 1:28 AM, AlamoVampire said: “Rule 4: You may only add a word before the last word in the sentence when necessary.” Given that word 1 of this sentence was given with an included comma it was necessary to place prior to “are.” Bathyspheres also was placed with a comma which means the next player needs to place ahead of “are” to maintain proper grammar. Based on this reasoning." conjoined but separated" made grammatical sense and did not require both a new word and a new comma to be placed. Doing so actually stops it from making grammatical sense. By your previous examples we will take it that removing a bad post in order to get back on track is the way to go. Please remember we are building a sentence, not forcing a list. Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined but separated from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined, and distinct but separated from Spoiler @ColdJ you missed the AND that was placed as/with the oxford comma causing you to inappropriately delete a word, namely the AND. I have thusly corrected your error and completed that list so the sentence can proceed. Sentences can and DO contain lists good sir and i will thank you to accept that. I am going to urge any further side conversations such as this be contained in the spoilers so we do not continue to spam, clutter, disrupt, muddy, intrude, and otherwise diminish any on going sentence building. 161306082024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined, distinct but separated from reality Spoiler Finding a loophole to sneak in a new comma aside, the "and but" did not make grammatical sense, proved by your next posts attempt to try to make it make sense. From now on I am going to use your previous examples of sentence conflict resolution as my guide to the way I will respond to these situations. As such I am removing the word that did not fit at the time of posting and leaving the comma as if it was added with the word distinct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) Saltines, bathyspheres, submarines, are connected, conjoined, and distinct but separated from reality tonight. Spoiler Once again im forced to correct the sentence because a word was inappropriately and very incorrectly removed. Ive euthanized it. New: Players 103306092024 ———Oxford Comma, A Quick Note——— In English-language punctuation, the serial comma, also referred to as the series comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma, is a comma placed immediately after the penultimate term and before the coordinating conjunction (and or or) in a series of three or more terms. 105906092024 Edited June 9 by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 No more lists, OK? They're not that interesting to make and they've only led to trouble. Players eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlamoVampire Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 ———note before adding my word——— im now forced to alter my own prior addition to maintain proper grammar. ———end note——— Players eat rhetorical speeches vivaciously 234106112024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimera Industries Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 10 minutes ago, AlamoVampire said: ———note before adding my word——— im now forced to alter my own prior addition to maintain proper grammar. ———end note——— Players eat rhetorical speeches vivaciously 234106112024 I'm sorry, I genuinely missed that. I'll try to remember next time. Players eat rhetorical speeches vivaciously and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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