"Turns out we're both teachers." Posts a 90 word run on sentence.
We are all doomed.
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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alright so sometimes people write things incorrectly to convey emotions. Run on sentences imo express exasperation and absurdity much better than proper sentencing.
You can write a whole book with just one sentence if the sentence is right-branching. Run-on sentence "rule" is more of an advice for beginners.
Tbh, just because I'm capable of writing well, doesn't mean I always do, especially online. If OOP is an english teacher it's a bit concerning since not making it a run-on sentence would just be better storytelling, but otherwise eh.
It's a perfectly good and legible sentence and conveys people having an excited conversation. It gives you no break.
Lemmy users when someone's creative writing uses slightly incorrect or unconventional grammar for stylistic effect:
Because it's hard to read...
These replies are mega cope. It's not slightly incorrect, just incorrect or very lazy. It's mentally exhausting to try and read this way, and they do not capitalize beginning of their 'sentences', nor 'I', etc.
Writing in this way does not make one come off as the next e. e. cummings, they just look very uneducated.
[I] went into a wine shop the other day to buy pasta and they did not have pasta[,] but they were doing a wine tasting[,] so i thought what the hell. [A]nd [I] got to chatting with the other woman there[,] because we had both just come from the library and were comparing our books and sipping wine and[,] turns out[,] we're both teachers[,] so we got on the topic of phones in classrooms—and the guy pouring our wine was like[:] 'that's actually a point of contention in one of my divorces right now'.
[A]nd i very delicately said 'one of your divorces?' and his eyes got really big and he said [']IM A PARALEGAL[']
It only takes only a few punctuation marks to make it grammatically correct. Noticably not a single full stop is missing, so it's not even a run-on sentence in the classical sense. This is closer to a stylistic device called 'stream of consciousness'.
Or are you bothered that the sentence is long? In that case I got bad news about classical literature for you, you better stay clear of the likes of Thomas Mann
"And" is perfectly valid punctuation.
In case anyone wants to like... follow the person, here's the post on Tumblr: https://kvothes.tumblr.com/post/784889863612891136/went-into-a-wine-shop-the-other-day-to-buy-pasta/amp
Why do you wanna buy pasta in the wine shop?
To be fair, the signage was very misleading.
They tend to offer original high quality Italian pasta for sale.
I like random fusion stores. I once bought a jacket from a shop that sold army surplus clothing on one side, and had an ice cream parlour on the other. Few feet from each other.
I used to go buy ammo to a store that was directly connected to a pet store. You had to walk through the pet store to get to the hunting goods, guns, and ammo "half".
That combination worries me :(
The test result indicates that you're not Kristi Noem. Congratulations!
There was a fishing goods/dolls store near where I grew up that also intrigued me. I decided it must be a husband/wife joint venture.
Context plz.
Reference to Code Ment by PurpleEyesWtf, more specifically the most famous and memed conversation from it; IIRC it has its own knowyourmeme article, but I can't remember its name.
Thanks, I'll look it up.
Maybe because it's both Italian?
In my place we have one 'Italien shop' which sells all sorts of Italian food and amongst it is also wine.
Some of the nicer places have a gourmet section where you can buy stuff like nice cheese, meats that you would put on crackers, and higher end products, including pasta. Chances are high. If you get a bottle of wine, you probably want some snacks to go with it.
White wine demands freshly cooked pasta and an interesting partner nearby
This might be the most bougie post I have ever seen on Lemmy.
So is she a teacher or a paralegal?
OP and the other customer are teachers, the person sampling out the wine is a paralegal