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Beckett said:
When I was very young my father would give me writing assignments that he would critique, to include judging my penmanship. The writing assignments would be 300-1000 words, depending on his mood and current interest. I would have to research the information on the topic. I loved to create, and wrote little stories that I would tell to younger siblings all the time, but those assignments were absolutely brutal in my opinion, at that time. :smt001
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Haha! There was nothing remotely creative about my writing. Although I did experiment with different types of handwriting. I would slant this way or that, print some, write some...anything to amuse myself and just get through it. My mother wasn't amused with my contractions and abbreviations, however. I often had to re-write sentences....ugh
 
chesbaygrl7 said:
Hey!!! I'd probably be really good at that. The writing part, anyway. When I was young, my mom used to make me write sentences as punishment. Except her sentences weren't little ones like "I will not lie." They were paragraphs, man! I utilized every contraction (and made up some) in the English language. I was up to 1000 sentences once. I don't even remember what I did!! :rolleyes:
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Shit. I'm 38 and I'm still making up words that include all kinda weird puntuation.
Don't even get me started on how I abuse mercilessly the elipses.

They like it. Lol
 
Alinoa said:
Shit. I'm 38 and I'm still making up words that include all kinda weird puntuation.
Don't even get me started on how I abuse mercilessly the elipses.

They like it. Lol
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I am an ellipses abuser also, although it is accepted in casual communication to indicate a pause, or ongoing, as well as the traditional formal use of indicating words left out (as in a quote). I get called on it by self-appointed grammar police now and then. :roll: I laughed out loud at your footnote there. I believe they must, they never really whine very loud.;)

Chesbaygrl7- I have friends in Iceland, and when I first saw ermagherd in a post, I thought it was a name. *sigh*
 
chesbaygrl7 said:
Nothing messes up your Friday more than realizing it's only Tuesday....
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Yep, pretty much.

Though last week was absolutely brutal. I thought it would never end. This week, at least to me, feels like it's moving at the normal pace.

Now if only we could get weekends to feel like they take forever, instead of the weekdays. :smt023
 
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