Post by Sheka on Jul 19, 2006 5:55:03 GMT -5
Grammar is very important when posting in a roleplaying thread. Here is one set of tips on commas:
THE COMMA
Commas are nice, but they are often misused. I myself am more of a comma addict than I realize, so here are some tips for writing roleplay posts using commas, so you don't get bashed when you do something wrong:
Commas are indications of a pause in speech or thought. Here is an example of a fine sentence:
However, here is an example of one that isn't:
No. That breaks the flow of the sentence by putting a comma in an irrelevant place. This also breaks the flow of the ideas, and it seems like "She was" is a different thought than "lonely, hungry, and wahted nothing, more than to go back home". In the last part of the sentence, the comma after nothing is not needed. This is actually a real sentence that someone wrote while roleplaying. Do you want to make this same mistake?
Commas usually come before conjuctions such as "and", "or", and "but". They are used in more places, though, such as seperating anything in parenthesis from the rest of the sentence.
When you're using quotations, as if your character is saying something, the comma comes after the word, still enclosed in the quotation:
If you're not telling who spoke, if you don't need to, the comma isn't needed. You just add the proper punctuation.
These are more like guidelines, because you really need to have a sense of where the commas go in your post.
THE COMMA
Commas are nice, but they are often misused. I myself am more of a comma addict than I realize, so here are some tips for writing roleplay posts using commas, so you don't get bashed when you do something wrong:
Commas are indications of a pause in speech or thought. Here is an example of a fine sentence:
She was lonely, and hungry, and wanted to go back home.
However, here is an example of one that isn't:
She was, lonely, and hungry, and wanted nothing, more than to go back home.
No. That breaks the flow of the sentence by putting a comma in an irrelevant place. This also breaks the flow of the ideas, and it seems like "She was" is a different thought than "lonely, hungry, and wahted nothing, more than to go back home". In the last part of the sentence, the comma after nothing is not needed. This is actually a real sentence that someone wrote while roleplaying. Do you want to make this same mistake?
Commas usually come before conjuctions such as "and", "or", and "but". They are used in more places, though, such as seperating anything in parenthesis from the rest of the sentence.
When you're using quotations, as if your character is saying something, the comma comes after the word, still enclosed in the quotation:
"That's interesting," Jamie stated.
If you're not telling who spoke, if you don't need to, the comma isn't needed. You just add the proper punctuation.
These are more like guidelines, because you really need to have a sense of where the commas go in your post.