The New Punctuation

The thought that he is the POTUS just depresses me. How the hell did that happen?

 

While we're on the subject, I'd prefer that new age grammarians leave my colon in peace.

 

I don't think grammarians are legally licensed to perform colonectomies.

 

While we're on the topic of punctuation dying out, maybe we can trim down the number of different parentheses on the keyboard to make room for the '¢' sign. When I switched from typewriter to keyboard SHIFT-6 suddenly went from '¢' to '^'. It was so much easier to write 25¢ than to now have to write $0.25. Back to the parentheses ... (this one), [then the brackets], {and what are these called anyway}? I think the regular () should be able to do the job.

 

It's option or alt 4 for me. ¢.

 

I can do © and ™ too.

 

What keyboard do you use?

 

A Mac Keyboard.

I like using the â„¢ mark (Option - 2) as in: Sequestered SUVâ„¢

 

Yep. Mac keyboard.

You can do a lot with the option/alt key and then combine with the shift key.

¡™Â£Â¢∞§¶•ÂªÂº–≠œ∑´®†Â¥Â¨ˆÃ¸π“‘«åß∂ƒÂ©˙∆˚¬…æΩ≈ç√∫˜Âµ≤≥÷
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Awesome.

 

If you're spoofing us then you got me. If not, then, the different types of parentheses are supposedly used to denote different types of information within the brackets. This is especially true in the fields of mathematics and Computer Languages. Not so widely used, or differences understood, in informal writing or literature. They are important to have on the keyboard for technical writing and the sciences.
If it was a rhetorical question, then please ignore the above. Besides, they help make neat unoffensive cuss words.

 

The brackets [] I used when scripting in Flash a version or two ago.

And the pipe | is used when doing advanced searching.

 

I forgot to answer your last question.
There are four main types of brackets:

• round brackets or parentheses: ( )
• square brackets or box brackets: [ ]
• curly brackets or braces: { }
• angle brackets or chevrons: < > or ⟨ ⟩

 

In Michigan we have signs at some gas stations that say: "must stay outside of the vehicle and in view of the nozzle." I didn't know that nozzles could see, and if they can see, how do they do it once we shove their little heads inside of the filler openings?

Tom

 

I use these characters more than some letters: :[]{}()|+=-/%&!
Computers, being made by people who program computers, are not going to lose those any time soon. I can make all the unusual characters on a "windows" keyboard as well, but my point wasn't that they can't be made, but that it's harder if you have to first remember some key combination, and then type several keystrokes for any one character, e.g. [option-U, E] for ë (or alt+0235 on windows). åçãĄÂ¶ÃŸÂ§Ħ

 

This one is a constant for me: é -- that's ALT+130

 

6 more moths of "nukular." Shut up, you functional illiterate ! :tsk:

 

I don't think it's for anything grammatically. I think it's on the computer keyboard for internet searching.

I could be wrong.