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[Closed] Seems the grammar pedantry high horse could well be bolting...

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If nothing else, it could help explain a lot about my tentative exploration into online dating several years back: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/why-you-should-never-end-your-text-messages-with-a-full-stop-a6766011.html


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 11:36 am
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Bottoms. Wrong forum.

Mods - please move when you get the chance.


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 11:37 am
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If ever a thread title demanded, and provided the ideal opportunity for, someone to slyly insert an intentional, grammatical error..

iz dizapoynt


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:02 pm
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Well he ended it with three full stops, so I've no idea how I feel about it now.


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:07 pm
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Posted : 09/12/2015 12:20 pm
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Are you ignoring my e-mails PMJ? Like all the women I have tried to on-line date 😥


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:27 pm
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I thought all sentences had to end with lol these days anyway lol


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:29 pm
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Well he ended it with three full stops, so I've no idea how I feel about it now.

Its not punctuation its morse code. No idea what it means though Graham...


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:33 pm
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I must be the worlds most sincere man


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 12:36 pm
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I thought all sentences had to end with lol these days anyway lol

Get with the times, sentences end in emoticons these days 🙂


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 1:40 pm
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I point you to my earlier reply mark88.


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 1:44 pm
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Well he ended it with three full stops, so I've no idea how I feel about it now.

Its not punctuation its morse code. No idea what it means though Graham...

It's an ellipsis...


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 3:43 pm
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It's an ellipsis...

No, that's three full stops...

This is an ellipsis…

😀


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 3:52 pm
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😀


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 4:08 pm
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If ever a thread title demanded, and provided the ideal opportunity for, someone to slyly insert an intentional, grammatical error..

Done in haste. Goes to show, nothing good comes of being done in haste. 😳

Are you ignoring my e-mails PMJ? Like all the women I have tried to on-line date

No. All will be explained in the email I'm about to send you. 😀


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 4:45 pm
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When I looked at the example in the link, my thoughts about the texts with the full stop were more "this person seems boring and pedantic, I don't think they'll be much fun to go for a cocktail with" rather than "insincere", but there you go, lol 😀


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 4:47 pm
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I end all mine with one to three Xs depending on how much I love you xxx


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 5:06 pm
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I end all mine with one to three Xs depending on how much I love you xxx

To be used with care in online dating situations too, Mr P. 😉


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 5:08 pm
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A lol and a smilie, vickypea you are my new nemesis.


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 5:10 pm
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Mister P, I added the lol and 🙂 in response to the comments about ending sentences with lol or a


 
Posted : 09/12/2015 5:41 pm