Riddles (because I'm bored)
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Many years ago when I was in school we were taught not to use the Oxford comma
I feel like there were a couple botches in there. Should have used "you and I" instead of "me and you". Also I feel like maybe somewhere in there one of my commas should have been a semi-colon. I honestly have no real idea when to use those things, so I sort of just throw them in willy-nilly when I feel like I have too many commas in a sentence. I believe I learned at one point that they're used to connect an incomplete sentence to a complete one or something; not really sure what the hell that means.
*See what I did there with the semi-colon
(please be the right use, otherwise I look like a bozo).
Sounds like a plan, Stan.
Unfortunately, you did not use the semi-colon correctly.I feel like there were a couple botches in there. Should have used "you and I" instead of "me and you". Also I feel like maybe somewhere in there one of my commas should have been a semi-colon. I honestly have no real idea when to use those things, so I sort of just throw them in willy-nilly when I feel like I have too many commas in a sentence. I believe I learned at one point that they're used to connect an incomplete sentence to a complete one or something; not really sure what the hell that means.
*See what I did there with the semi-colon
They had changed that by the time I came through. In fact they didn't even explain it as the Oxford comma, it was just, always use a comma after each item in a series. Then I got my first newspaper job and had to adapt to AP Style, which omits it. Years later and it still doesn't feel right. Bit of a pet peeve actually. Maybe I should move this to the Whines thread.
Yep, when I was in school they taught you to use the Oxford comma. And yes, like you, I had to adapt to not using it for AP Style. I find that when the Oxford comma isn't used, the sentence becomes weird, cumbersome and hard to interpret.
*See what I did there with the semi-colon
I had never seen the Oxford comma used until internet forums became popular.
The Oxford comma is one of the best examples why the English language is dumb. No one, including English experts, can decide which way is correct.
I'm found at
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end
And the end of every race.
The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end
And the end of every race.
Box without hinges, key, or lid, yet deep inside, golden treasure is hid.
My life is measured in hours.
I live by being devoured.
Thin, I die quick,
Fat, I die slow.
Wind is my foe.
I live by being devoured.
Thin, I die quick,
Fat, I die slow.
Wind is my foe.
Not quite a riddle, but...
John went to see the Pyramids in Egypt for the first time in his life in 1996. He took his son there in 1969. How is this possible?
John went to see the Pyramids in Egypt for the first time in his life in 1996. He took his son there in 1969. How is this possible?
Ya, what's he think, we've never seen hot tub time machine?
Nope. Answer doesn't involve science fiction or hot tubs. It's a clever puzzle. The fact that it's the Pyramids of Egypt is the key.
Yes.
Yes. That was how I thought I remembered how it went.
I need to flesh it out more in my mind, but it's something to do with seeing the Pyramids from space.
Or, it's @JuleZ '02 HEEL's answer
John is a POS liar.
If it's information you seek, come and see me.
If it's pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.
Who am I?
If it's pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.
Who am I?
Ha, no. Maybe I should have said he took his son to see the pyramids in Egypt in 1969.
Wait what??? Now I'm confused. I'm still trying to figure it out without googling.
Yes. No time travel and no outer space. The answer is very simple. Let's just say I could not do the same riddle with the Pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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