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i just watched grand designs and now want too kill somone.

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  • Guy_Montag
    Guy_Montag Posts: 2,291 Forumite
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    I'm an engineer; there is probably nothing you could teach me about using simple, clear language to ensure understanding by all those around me.

    But it leads to painfully colourless prose, so while posting on this fine medium (& in pointless presentations), I like to cut loose a little & use a more varied, vibrant vocab. ;)
    "Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
    Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
    "I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.
  • dolce_vita
    dolce_vita Posts: 1,031 Forumite
    Guy_Montag wrote: »
    I'm an engineer; there is probably nothing you could teach me about using simple, clear language to ensure understanding by all those around me.

    But it leads to painfully colourless prose, so while posting on this fine medium (& in pointless presentations), I like to cut loose a little & use a more varied, vibrant vocab. ;)

    Correct usage of a semi-colon as well. I'm impressed. ;)
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    #1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided

    #2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now

    #3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing
  • Guy_Montag
    Guy_Montag Posts: 2,291 Forumite
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    dolce_vita wrote: »
    Correct usage of a semi-colon as well. I'm impressed. ;)
    Are you sure?

    I read up on it once, & while I think I'm getting it right, there's no-one I know who knows enough to correct me.
    "Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
    Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
    "I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Yes, it looks correct to me.
  • dolce_vita
    dolce_vita Posts: 1,031 Forumite
    Well, I'm no expert, but from what I've read, heard and been taught it looks right in the sentence you've written.

    That is to say, a colon or full-stop would be too "strong" because then you would have two distinct sentences and the second would not then "flow" from the first; which is how you want it to be perceived.

    A comma on the other hand, while breaking up the sentence and allowing "flow", would not create the two distinct points you have made.

    In this situation a semi-colon is required.

    That's why I think it works.
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    #1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided

    #2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now

    #3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Guy_Montag wrote: »
    I'm an engineer; there is probably nothing you could teach me about using simple, clear language to ensure understanding by all those around me.

    But it leads to painfully colourless prose, so while posting on this fine medium (& in pointless presentations), I like to cut loose a little & use a more varied, vibrant vocab. ;)

    I don't think they are mutually exclusive. Language can be appropriate to the situation, use the best, most appropriate word, and still include varied and vibrant vocab.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Jonbvn
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    As they say in the army....KISS

    Keep It Simple Stupid.
    In case you hadn't already worked it out - the entire global financial system is predicated on the assumption that you're an idiot:cool:
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    I like to use a good word now and again. What annoys me is when people use 20 words when 5 will do because they think it sounds cleverer.

    The Economist Style Guide is an interesting read if you're into that sort of thing.
    Jonbvn wrote: »
    As they say in the army....KISS

    Keep It Simple Stupid.

    Don't start me on acronyms! GROLIES is a good medical one (Guardian Reader Of Limited Intelligence Ethnic Skirt - I think it means someone that finds out about all the alternative medicine cures and then asks the GP why she isn't getting them). FUBAR, SNAFU and all those other military ones are entertaining too.

    English Rocks!
  • Running_Horse
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    Generali wrote: »
    That's just bifurcation and so an invalid argument. It's possible to build more houses without building on every last scrap of land.
    That is a fallacious rejoinder to my principle hypothesis. Round here towns and villages are being expanded to the point of merging into one giant urban sprawl. Nearby, an important beauty spot separating two major towns has been bought and split into hundreds of plots in the hope of planning permission in the future. The green belt does need protecting.
    Been away for a while.
  • inmypocketnottheirs
    inmypocketnottheirs Posts: 4,745 Forumite
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    Running_Horse wrote: »
    That is a fallacious rejoinder to my principle hypothesis. Round here towns and villages are being expanded to the point of merging into one giant urban sprawl. Nearby, an important beauty spot separating two major towns has been bought and split into hundreds of plots in the hope of planning permission in the future. The green belt does need protecting.

    Ah but, one man's beauty spot is another man's wart.
    Don't lie, thieve, cheat or steal. The Government do not like the competition.
     The Lord Giveth and the Government Taketh Away.
     I'm sorry, I don't apologise. That's just the way I am. Homer (Simpson)
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