Originally posted by aceofbase
i dont know what the word punctuation is .. but you wold love to see me playing win commandr coz i had all there games and i spend years playing this usom game and by the way colonel fishguts said he got win c 1 and 2 from hotu what is that a web site? well actuly i lost all my game cds coz i gave them to my cosin in his bithday and now i regret it do u know were i can grab them on the net i mean shurly there abandon wear now . and please tell me what the word punctuation means and i will try to look it up
I'm not sure how much this'll help, but this is how I'd punctuate/ spell the above. You seem to be fine at reading english, at least. (comments in italics)
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I don't know what the word punctuation is...
('means' might be a bit better to use here, instead of 'is') but you would love to see me playing Wing Commander, because I had all their
('there' and 'their' have different meanings; 'their' denotes ownership, i.e. 'that game was theirs', 'there' denotes a location 'my coat is over there') games, and I spent years playing this awesome
(I think that's what you meant) game.
(NB: this sentence is getting a bit long, so I'm breaking it up - think of full stops - '.' - as being breaks between speaking, and commas - ',' - as being shorter pauses)By the way, Colonel Fishguts said he got WC1 and 2 from HOTU - what is that, some kind of web site? [/i]('?' has the same function as a full stop, except it also denotes a question. You can sort of view it as the tone of someones voice between a statement and asking a question)[/i]
Actually
(dropped the 'well', both it and 'actually' have the same meaning here), I lost my game cds because I gave them to my cousin on his birthday and now I regret it.
(New sentence here; moving onto a different subject / topic) Do you know where
(not were) I can grab them on the net; surely they're
(note the ' ; this means they're is short for 'they are') abandon-ware now?
Also,
(it's generally considered bad to start a sentence on an 'and', athough it's done by most people anyways) please tell me what the word 'punctuation' means and I will try to look it up.
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Incidentally, punctation is what 'breaks up' english (and other langauge using this script type) sentences correctly; for example, having capital letters to start sentences or for names (or places), also the use of characters such as punctuation marks such as commas (,) or full stops (.). This helps break up the flow of text into something similar to how it would be heard when spoken; and in turn helps the brain understand it (for a native speaker, at least).
Incidentally, you can look up the meaning of words on google by typing 'define:' followed by the word as the search subject. i.e. define: punctuation gives
thisOh, and sometimes we (HLP members) are far too hard on non-native speakers... it's fair enough is someone should know better, but if someone is new to the language, then surely we should try and help, not just criticise.
EDIT; try typing 'HOTU' into google.