What would you do when ALL petroleum would be depleted ?

I will tell it to my English teacher so she would tell this to all other students.
I think it can be useful.

 

You're posts still aren't perfect, but I can read them much more easily now. Good job.

 

Zing.

 

You guys never complain about my posts. I feel somewhat honored...

 

Stop misusing ellipses, dickweed.

There. Now you're included.

 

Oh, go grab yourself..

 

That's because you express your foolishness in mostly good English.

 

Why thank you, so do you.

 

Yea, my two failings are using you're for your, and alot instead of a lot. I admit them and try to correct them, so open wide and suck a nut if they don't like it.

Ellipses are a string of three (3) periods (...), never more, never less. They never signify a pause, that's what commas, semi-colons, and colons are for. They are used solely to denote an incomplete thought.

For example: Well... I... don't... know.
That's wrong. It should be "Well... I don't know," provided the ellipse is used at all, which would depend largely on it's context as dialogue.

In terms of break length, a comma is typically one beat, a semi-colon two. A colon is a three beat break. These are very arbitrary, but they give an idea as to the general strength of each type of pause.

 

Dammit, Blinky beat me to it. Grr. WHY CAN'T I BE A GRAMMAR NAZI???

(Yes, that IS my rank on another forum. Heh.)

 

...sorry...

 

It's okay. I can share the Grammar Nazism. It's too fun to keep to myself.