+[1]Dj992Music I'm glad I helped confirm something you already believe.* I use punctuation creatively - I do a lot of writing, much of poetry, and since I am no longer in school, and getting an A+ is no longer important to me, I'm free to use my language how I like. I've switched from - to ; to , as a main 'break' for pauses in sentences through the years; whatever I felt like. I break the rules because I know the rules; and the rules came from usage.* They're not set in stone or fixed. If you are so easily swayed by structure not matching a pre-defined criteria, and entirely ignore the words within, or the ideas that are attempting to be presented; well, you would make a good Home Inspector and could point out flaws in construction, but I wouldn't want you to build my house. Pointing out flaws is easy; a computer is easily programmed to do so.* It can also point out my 'flaws in grammatical construction'. But can a computer come up with new and different ideas? No.* Not yet. Neither can people who are programmed like computers.* Without creativity, society cannot progress.* It can merely remain the same and do just as it did before, by following the same rules it has always followed. [2][IMG] [3]KENNETH UDUT 1:23 AM +[4]Dj992Music In any case, thank you for being my English teacher for the night.* I would have gotten lots of red circles around my papers and gotten an F in English class. Actually, I appreciate that you read everything I wrote; even if as a proofreader.* I may hire you as my editor; I can use one. But here's a question: Let's suppose I allowed my computer to fix my creative punctuation:* Every dot and jiggle was exactly in standard, expected format.* All of my Nouns and Verbs and Adjective followed a proper order.* And - let's say,* I presented the whole idea using one the god-awful styles they force Scientists to write in their Journals: What then? How would you consider my ideas - as they stand, with corrected punctuation, spelling, grammar? Answer some of those; that might prove interesting. References Visible links 1. https://plus.google.com/118376470729003303915 2. https://plus.google.com/116220525110856958463 3. https://plus.google.com/116220525110856958463 4. https://plus.google.com/118376470729003303915