Realistically, what would you do in this situation?
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just be myself
I would double down on my inquiries and consider these words a sign that I’m onto something.
I hope, for your own good, that you didn’t do the things I’m investigating you over.
Improper comma usage
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
Not relevant here
There should either be no commas or the phrase “which are completely useless” should be separated with two commas like “for your own good” is
Exactly. Should either be a pair around the clause or not at all
This. I’m not going to take these sneaky homosexuals seriously if they don’t even know how to write a proper fricking sentence.
Wrong. If the phrase after the 'and' could be an independent clause on its own, then a comma is required. Put another way, you need a comma if you could replace the comma with a period, remove the 'and' and then end up with two complete sentences.
>”which are completely useless” should be separated with two commas like “for your own good” is
This is correct though.
"Which are completely useless" is a parenthetical phrase, though I will admit I might have the term wrong. You could also write that sentence "We hope (For your own good.) that this will be sufficient." Both using parentheses or a comma are correct and are simply a matter of style and preference. You can also use em-dashes, though I'm not certain that's strictly 'correct.'
This is correct. You can conjoin two, and sometimes more, independent clauses with a comma assuming they're related meaningfully to each other. Just don't overuse it or your writing will suffer.
the your in THAT sentence
Both usages are grammatically correct.
I think you’re right but just stylistically speaking you should be consistent. It’s weird to have what is basically the same sentence construction back to back punctuated differently unless it’s a deliberate choice and there’s something communicated by the difference in punctuation.
That style was almost certainly a very deliberate choice from Kubrick as well. Have you ever read the introduction to a famous book? Academics love to use tons of commas and break up their phrases like that. It makes it harder to parse the words so you're spending more time simply trying to understand what they're saying instead of trying to come up with a counter-argument.
I’m talking about the inconsistency
It's not inconsistent at all. Generally speaking, repeating two sentences with identical construction is seen as a bad thing outside of some creative writing examples.
The usage of the comma is absolutely not consistent in
What the frick are you talking about? The first comma is connecting two independent clauses. The commas in the second sentence are for a parenthetical clause. That's not 'inconsistent,' that's just using commas in two different ways. Have you never written anything longer than Cinemaphile post in your life? That's like saying, "You capitalized the first letter, but you also capitalized the I in another sentence, so it's inconsistent." You're just using the rules of grammar properly.
The conjunction “and” connects the clauses in the first sentence and both sentences contain a parenthetical clause. You’re moronic.
Wrong. The 'and' in the first sentence is connecting two independent clauses, which is why the comma is needed. It is not a parenthetical clause. The major difference is that the 'for your own good' in the second sentence would not be a complete sentence if separated out while you could turn the first sentence into two complete sentences with no changes.
No.
> The 'and' in the first sentence is connecting two independent clauses
That’s what I said.
“Which are completely useless” is a parenthetical clause just like “for your own good.” You are moronic
Holy shit, you are genuinely moronic. Where would the second comma go in the first sentence? It is not a parenthetical clause and is not being used as such. It cannot be parenthetical if it is not between two otherwise independent clauses.
It would read “give up your inquiries, which are completely useless, and…”
>It cannot be parenthetical if it is not between two otherwise independent clauses.
Which it is. You can omit it from the sentence just like you said you can with “for your own good.” You are ESL.
It might as well be a hyphenated interjection
>Your inquiries--which are completely useless--and
You are moronic.
commas aren't used for ALL kinds of interjections, fool
the way the "sentence" is structured, the inquiries being useless functions more as an interjection or even a parenthetical addendum
>fool
ESL confirmed.
>it’s not a parenthetical clause it’s more of a parenthetical addendum
You are moronic.
You have zero conception of what you're talking about
Uh huh. Can you explain the difference between a parenthetical clause and a parenthetical addendum?
Is this the part where you just silently cuck away and wait for the thread to die after making a fool of yourself instead of admitting you were wrong?
>which are completely useless
this is a restrictive phrase, if removed then the meaning of the sentence is changed.
no comma is required.
>no comma is required
Correct, as I stated at the beginning of the thread here
. However you choose to do it, you should be consistent with your usage of grammar/punctuation.
I’m not convinced the meaning of the sentence is changed.
the reason there is no comma is because of "which", autist.
you're moronic
>The post in which the moron revealed himself had no substance.
>The post in, which the moron revealed himself had no substance.
Well, which one is it?
Well which one is it?
>The post, in which the moron revealed himself, had no substance.
would be correct. “Which” can or cannot be preceded by a comma depending on the sentence. Your posts are the dumbest thing I’ve ever read and reading them is like having a stroke.
The chicken, which I bought last week, has expired.
I’m going to tell your mother which outfit to wear.
>The chicken, which I bought last week, has expired.
The chicken I bought last week has expired.
No commas should be used.
Both of those sentences are correct. You have no argument.
Both are correct but there is a slight difference in meaning. Notice how there are no either no commas or two comma envelopping the relative clause. The EWS has no comma in front of which but has one at the end of the clause and that's why it looks off.
Not to mention that the sentence as a whole is markedly inelegant. It could have just said: "Give up your utterly useless inquiries and consider these words a second warning."
>this is a restrictive phrase, if removed then the meaning of the sentence is changed
But it isn't.
Sounds like bad writing. I was taught to write with simplicity, clarity and coherence in mind - pretty much above all.
I definitely wouldn't have used that first comma and might have skipped the other 2 as well.
~USyd
The pauses created by those commas are completely natural to if you were to speak those lines
That's what makes it threatening
Imagine thinking that you are more intelligent and more educated than Stanley Kubrick.
No, it isn't.
you can use comma to breath homie
I never use commas and write the longest sentences I possibly can so that if some moron reads it out loud he runs out of breath and fricking dies a horrible yet stupid death
dumb ESL darky
ESL detected
Good morning I hate ESLs
I can't read
try to get in on the action
tldr
It’s two sentences you fricking zoomer
I'd change my IP address and do it a third time.
Tell them that I had to get it on and proceed to make a move
I guess it would depend on what my inquiries were and why I was pursuing them. If they sent a check for any substantial amount of money, I would almost certainly give up.
Keep inquiring. This is exactly what people would say who were hiding something.
Who are THEY?
jews
In my business when you get a message like this it means you'll be killed soon if you don't stop doing what you're doing. Happened to two people I know and a third one would've gotten it too if he didn't run away to Mexico
then you should clearly continue doing it because its so damaging to the other party that they are willing to kill for it. I would do it even louder if i got such a note.
>my business
Janitor?
it's a dirty business
Do they ever pay off or attempt to recruit the people instead?
Why are you saying this like it isn't the most obvious thing in the entire world, and the exact context of the scene in the OP?
give up my inquiries
Honestly? Probably cease my inquiries. I talk a big game, but I'm all bark if I don't have people backing me up.
Wipe my ass with their shit formatting and yell "I WILL INQUIRE" into the night every 30 minutes.
>the inquoorer
>giving up your inquiries which are completely useless, and considering these words a second warning
>hoping, for your own good, that this would be sufficient
Shouldn't there be a comma after "inquiries" since it's followed by "which"? If it really is a grammatically incorrect note, what did Kubrick mean by this?
>grammarnazis still exist in 2023
sad
A final stand against ebonics and zoomerspeak
>sad
Butchering the English language is sad, for real for real.
I like the slightly off punctuation because it gives off a feeling like it was improvised in haste.
i wouldnt be in this situation because i disregard all schizo shit which would also make me disregard the one instance in which a conspiracy would actually be true
Kill myself with three gunshots to the back of my head.
Well first of all I wouldn't be wearing gay leather gloves.
tell that homie he should've put a comma after inquiries if he wanted me to take him seriously as some kind of wealthy illuminati mastermind
I would draw a soijak next to it and put > in front of the lines, then mail it back to them.
Test
I would purchase a 1911 with my doctor money and continue my inquiries.
Cease thy futile inquiries, forsooth,
And mark these words as a second admonition.
We pray, for thine own betterment, that this shall prove satisfactory.
prescriptive grammar is for cattle
based illuminati using commas as they please to control the flow
I just don't get why those untouchable elites have nothing better to do than larp and frick hookers, nor why it's that bad, anyway.
>larp and frick hookers
Because they do way, way worse than that anon. Child-rape, torture, dismemberment, cannibalism, blood orgies. Heavily ritualized. Sacrifices to satan in exchange for worldly power. There's no way Kubrick would be able to show any of that on screen. And they still killed him for even hinting at it. Find a testimony of any SRA child survivor, if there are any left on the internet that aren't fake. They've scrubbed most of them.
Bill is not stupid, but he is frustrating in this movie. They didn't have Zillow back then but I'm sure he has a real estate person who could look up the tax records on that property and see who owns it and form a different plan from there instead of just showing up. also it's pretty clear that all the people that were out in the open flirting at Ziegler's christmas party are the same people at the masked orgy at the mansion so this is something else Bill should have picked up. there's a lot more to say about this but it's been a while since i've seen the movie
>Ziegler
I don’t check my mail
Ask them to pay me a small monthly sum. In exchange, offer my doctor services to them.
Everyone wins.
It's a non-restrictive relative clause: there should be a comma in front of which. It's not about whether the relative clause "changes the meaning", every word changes the meaning of the sentence. It's about whether the relative clause is itself a part of the syntax of the sentence it's subordinated to or freely attached to a single noun, in this case "inquieries".
The inquiries which you pursued are useless. (restrictive, no comma).
You can't say "The inquiries are useless" as the relative clause determines the inquiries in question.
vs.
Give up your inquiries.
Give up your inquiries, which are useless. (non-restrictive, a descriptive but not determinative clause)
They aren't distinguishing between two types of inquiries made by cruise
whats the movie
So what I've gotten from this thread is you would get a red pen out, mark it up, and add See Me with several exclamation marks at the top, got it.
Also, there seem to be some real English anons in here.
>reddit spacing illuminati letter
disregard and pursue inquiries
No idea. A second warning about what?
both use prepositonal phrases.
first sentence uses
>which
second setence uses
>that
if the sentence can be rewritten without the prepositional phrase then it contains a restrictive phrase and does not require a comma
There is no such thing as "prepositional clauses". The clause introduced by which in the first sentence is relative (qualifies the noun). The clause introduced in the second sentence by that is nominal, i.e. acts as a noun, becomes the "object" of the verb hope.
We hope. You hope what? That it will be enough.
the lack of comma is meant to open the door for a sequel where he continues his inquiries which are not completely useless
Eyes Wide Shut
aka ..... E.W.S
It's a movie about news? Kubrick is a genius...
Give up. Your inquiries are completely useless. Consider these words a second warning.
For your own good, we hope this will be sufficient.
The missing comma in the first line makes me think they want him (me) to keep my useful inquires going.
Good. You opened this message. This isn't actually asari military command. They're busy tending to what's left of their planet.
So you survived our fight on Thessia. You're not as weak as I thought. But never forget that your best wasn't good enough to stop me. Now an entire planet is dying because you lacked the strength to win. The legend of Shepard needs to be re-written. I hope I'm there for the last chapter. It ends with your death.
Thanks,Sasuke
give up your inquiries which are completely useless, and consider these words a second warning
Good structure
we hope, for your own good, that this would be sufficient
Check
Do a 360 and walk the other way.
the virgin grammar analyzer
the chad globohomosexual dictating threats to sex slave who does the typing
Become Richerer than they is and use my monys to frick with their monys so they cannot have mansions to have sex party in
written by Dhar Mann
what movie?
A Clockwork Orange. It's the letter the main character gets sent in the mail from his boss, who turned out to be an undercover cop investigating the disappearances of a bunch of russian politicians.