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R RobNJ So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish! Aug 22, 2004 12,074 3,310 ✟166,532.00 Country United States Faith Christian Marital Status Single Oct 20, 2019 #2,821 Oct 20, 2019 Add bookmark #2,821 Reactions: Michie, ~Anastasia~, rusmeister and 3 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
prodromos Senior Veteran Site Supporter Nov 28, 2003 21,601 12,132 58 Sydney, Straya ✟1,181,791.00 Country Australia Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Married Oct 20, 2019 #2,822 Oct 20, 2019 Add bookmark #2,822 RobNJ said: View attachment 265304 Click to expand... The irony of this is that if he was human, looking at his phone, he would be likewise completely harmless. Reactions: rusmeister ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
RobNJ said: View attachment 265304 Click to expand... The irony of this is that if he was human, looking at his phone, he would be likewise completely harmless.
Philip_B Bread is Blessed & Broken Wine is Blessed & Poured Site Supporter Jul 12, 2016 5,417 5,524 72 Swansea, NSW, Australia Visit site ✟611,630.00 Country Australia Faith Anglican Marital Status Married Oct 20, 2019 #2,823 Oct 20, 2019 Add bookmark #2,823 prodromos said: The irony of this is that if he was human, looking at his phone, he would be likewise completely harmless. Click to expand... I think you meant armless! ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
prodromos said: The irony of this is that if he was human, looking at his phone, he would be likewise completely harmless. Click to expand... I think you meant armless!
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Oct 22, 2019 #2,824 Oct 22, 2019 Add bookmark #2,824 Reactions: Michie, ~Anastasia~, anna ~ grace and 3 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Oct 24, 2019 #2,825 Oct 24, 2019 Add bookmark #2,825 Reactions: Dewi Sant, ~Anastasia~, anna ~ grace and 3 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Oct 25, 2019 #2,826 Oct 25, 2019 Add bookmark #2,826 Reactions: ~Anastasia~, Philip_B and ArmyMatt ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Philip_B Bread is Blessed & Broken Wine is Blessed & Poured Site Supporter Jul 12, 2016 5,417 5,524 72 Swansea, NSW, Australia Visit site ✟611,630.00 Country Australia Faith Anglican Marital Status Married Oct 28, 2019 #2,827 Oct 28, 2019 Add bookmark #2,827 Reactions: Michie, ~Anastasia~, RobNJ and 2 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Oct 29, 2019 #2,828 Oct 29, 2019 Add bookmark #2,828 Reactions: Michie, ~Anastasia~, RobNJ and 1 other person ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 1, 2019 #2,829 Nov 1, 2019 Add bookmark #2,829 Bearing in mind that the Advent Fast is approaching [ rather quickly too ] Reactions: Michie, Philip_B and ArmyMatt ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 3, 2019 #2,830 Nov 3, 2019 Add bookmark #2,830 Reactions: ~Anastasia~, prodromos and ArmyMatt ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 4, 2019 #2,831 Nov 4, 2019 Add bookmark #2,831 Reactions: anna ~ grace, rusmeister, ~Anastasia~ and 1 other person ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
ArmyMatt Regular Member Site Supporter Jan 26, 2007 41,561 20,079 41 Earth ✟1,466,518.00 Country United States Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Married Nov 4, 2019 #2,832 Nov 4, 2019 Add bookmark #2,832 Anhelyna said: View attachment 266157 Click to expand... someone said that spell check is like a little elf that lives in your computer who wants to be helpful, but is really drunk. Reactions: Michie, rusmeister, ~Anastasia~ and 2 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna said: View attachment 266157 Click to expand... someone said that spell check is like a little elf that lives in your computer who wants to be helpful, but is really drunk.
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 4, 2019 #2,833 Nov 4, 2019 Add bookmark #2,833 a drunken elf ?? I like that ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 4, 2019 #2,834 Nov 4, 2019 Add bookmark #2,834 Reactions: anna ~ grace, ArmyMatt and RobNJ ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Anhelyna Handmaid of God CF Senior Ambassador Site Supporter Nov 29, 2005 58,198 16,494 Glasgow , Scotland ✟1,297,733.00 Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Private Nov 8, 2019 #2,835 Nov 8, 2019 Add bookmark #2,835 Reactions: ~Anastasia~, anna ~ grace, Not David and 1 other person ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Not David I'm back! Apr 6, 2018 7,356 5,235 25 USA ✟231,310.00 Country United States Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Single Nov 8, 2019 #2,836 Nov 8, 2019 Add bookmark #2,836 Anhelyna said: View attachment 266369 Click to expand... I understood even when I don't know French. Reactions: bloodtype and anna ~ grace ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
R RobNJ So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish! Aug 22, 2004 12,074 3,310 ✟166,532.00 Country United States Faith Christian Marital Status Single Nov 8, 2019 #2,837 Nov 8, 2019 Add bookmark #2,837 The Selfie Generation Reactions: Michie, ~Anastasia~, anna ~ grace and 2 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
prodromos Senior Veteran Site Supporter Nov 28, 2003 21,601 12,132 58 Sydney, Straya ✟1,181,791.00 Country Australia Faith Eastern Orthodox Marital Status Married Nov 8, 2019 #2,838 Nov 8, 2019 Add bookmark #2,838 It's been a while since this has been posted... William Safire's Rules for Writers Remember to never split an infinitive. A preposition is something never to end a sentence with. The passive voice should never be used. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Don't use no double negatives. Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn't. Reserve the apostrophe for it's proper use and omit it when its not needed. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. No sentence fragments. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. Avoid commas, that are not necessary. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. A writer must not shift your point of view. Eschew dialect, irregardless. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents. Hyphenate between sy- llables and avoid un-necessary hyphens. Write all adverbial forms correct. Don't use contractions in formal writing. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, resist hyperbole. Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration. Don't string too many prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Always pick on the correct idiom. "Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks."'" The adverb always follows the verb. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; They're old hat; seek viable alternatives. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas. DO NOT use all caps to emphasize. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed. Puns are for children, not groan readers. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. Be careful to use the rite homonym. Never use a long word when a diminutive one would suffice. Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. One should never generalize. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." Comparisons are as bad as cliches. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous. Be more or less specific. Understatement is always best. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. Who needs rhetorical questions? Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with a point Reactions: OrthodoxWanderer, ~Anastasia~, Philip_B and 6 others ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
It's been a while since this has been posted... William Safire's Rules for Writers Remember to never split an infinitive. A preposition is something never to end a sentence with. The passive voice should never be used. Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read. Don't use no double negatives. Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn't. Reserve the apostrophe for it's proper use and omit it when its not needed. Do not put statements in the negative form. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. No sentence fragments. Proofread carefully to see if you words out. Avoid commas, that are not necessary. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. A writer must not shift your point of view. Eschew dialect, irregardless. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!! Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents. Hyphenate between sy- llables and avoid un-necessary hyphens. Write all adverbial forms correct. Don't use contractions in formal writing. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided. It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing. If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, resist hyperbole. Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration. Don't string too many prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death. Always pick on the correct idiom. "Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks."'" The adverb always follows the verb. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; They're old hat; seek viable alternatives. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas. DO NOT use all caps to emphasize. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed. Puns are for children, not groan readers. Even IF a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. Be careful to use the rite homonym. Never use a long word when a diminutive one would suffice. Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. One should never generalize. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." Comparisons are as bad as cliches. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous. Be more or less specific. Understatement is always best. One-word sentences? Eliminate. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. Who needs rhetorical questions? Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with a point
Philip_B Bread is Blessed & Broken Wine is Blessed & Poured Site Supporter Jul 12, 2016 5,417 5,524 72 Swansea, NSW, Australia Visit site ✟611,630.00 Country Australia Faith Anglican Marital Status Married Nov 9, 2019 #2,839 Nov 9, 2019 Add bookmark #2,839 Reactions: ~Anastasia~, ArmyMatt, Anhelyna and 1 other person ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0
Philip_B Bread is Blessed & Broken Wine is Blessed & Poured Site Supporter Jul 12, 2016 5,417 5,524 72 Swansea, NSW, Australia Visit site ✟611,630.00 Country Australia Faith Anglican Marital Status Married Nov 21, 2019 #2,840 Nov 21, 2019 Add bookmark #2,840 Reactions: anna ~ grace, RobNJ and ArmyMatt ••• More options Report Add bookmark Share Upvote 0