Grammar Jail

[Deloria]

*lawyer determines Deloria free of all charges because the punctuation police whould take me away, not the grammar police*

[Rosella]

Punctuation is FULLY a part of grammar! It is COMPLETELY in my jurisdiction!

[Deloria]

Be that as it may, the punctuation police don't exist yet, and there also isn't a department in the grammer police that deals with punctuation. If you made one now, your claim would be invalid because at the time that I wrote that, there wasn't one. 

[racx_00]

Well there might be a punctuation division but they have never announced that because they firgured they would only have to put the grammar police out on patrol

[Rosella]

No. Punctuation is part of grammar. It's like saying I need separate people to run the semi-colon division, the capitalization division, the split infinitive division, and the comma division. Everything falls under the wide umbrella of grammar. Just about everything that has to do how words form sentences is grammar. That includes the punctuation between them.

gram·mar   Audio pronunciation of "grammar" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (grmr)
n.

   1.
         1. The study of how words and their component parts (Like punctuation,) combine to form sentences.
         2. The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.
   2.
         1. The system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of a language.
         2. The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.
   3.
         1. A normative or prescriptive set of rules setting forth the current standard of usage for pedagogical or reference purposes.
         2. Writing or speech judged with regard to such a set of rules.

[racx_00]

That's what I meant, unless your talking about Deloria

[Gilgamesh]

Look a jail!!
Let's look at the prisoners.
* opens jaildoor and closes it again *
This is fun.

[Lollotte]

Finally! One of my pet peeves is bad grammar online! 

[Jafar]

I usually ignore bad grammar on a chat program, but if someone can't take the time to capitalize on a forum, it starts to bug me.

[Lollotte]

I feel the same. However, I don't chat enough to let that go. 

[Rosella]

Finally! One of my pet peeves is bad grammar online! 

What do you mean finally? I've been arresting people for months!

[Yonkey]

True, but now the convicts have their own thread! Awwww.

[Rosella]

On that note, it is now time for grammatically correct and incorrect alike to join for our monthly Kumbaya meeting where we all sit in a circle and share our feelings. Just remember, convicts are here for a reason, so all feelings must be grammatically correct.

[Shadowfax]

(best London accent)

"Wha, wha ya mean by vis?

I fough tha all ya nancy grammer whatsanames knew nofin, well, I fink tha ya writ a load of bull...yeah"

(you may go "what..." but I encounter this lack of articulate grammer/pronunciation everyday, it is so wearing!)

[Rosella]

*arrests whoever said that*

[Shadowfax]

You cannot arrest me, it was an impression and I write full blown novels for Pete's sake! 

BUT, if you wish to arrest those in SE England then you are a bit stuck...you would have to arrest over 10 million people!

[awesomeasapossum]

Yeah! Bails Shadowfax with 1,000,967,352 Swiss Gergenshnikles. (GURG-IN-SHNICK-ELZ)

[Rosella]

I was arresting the person who said that, not Shadowfax!

[awesomeasapossum]

Ohhhh....okay.
*Takes back 1,000,967,352 Swiss Gergenshnikles*

[Pacman928]

aren't i in grammar jail?