Interesting and Humour - page 4020

[Alexey Volchanskiy]

Дмитрий:

I know their history - what is the question? What is this stupid way of talking in half-meaningful terms?

Using hieroglyphic script Japan defeated the Russian Empire in the early 20th century and later the British Empire in South East Asia and went as far as Australia

Did your knowledge of commas not last long enough, did your innate boorishness come out? Conversation's over, I don't speak to boorish people.

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As a result ofsakoku self-imposed isolation, the country was behind the Iron Curtain for most of the Edo period (1603-1868), not trading or communicating with other countries (Chinese andDutch being the rare exceptions). Catholic Christianity was brutally suppressed (Kyushu Uprising).

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The Meiji era(明治時代meiji jidai) was a period inJapanese history from October23rd,1868 to July30th,1912 whenMutsuhito wasEmperor. This period marked the abandonment of Japan'sself-isolation and its emergence as a world power.

[khorosh]

Дмитрий:

Well done! But just remember that "so what" is a compound conjunction and is emphasised by commas.

See here:

Examples[edit|edit wiki text]

Here, the main sentence is in square brackets and the adjective sentence is in parentheses.

• [The weather was cold, windy]What does it mean? (so snowdrifts have drifted higher than the windows).[The weather was cold, windy], (so snowdrifts drifted higher than the windows.)

Philologist.)

[Дмитрий]

Alexey Volchanskiy:

Did your knowledge of commas not last long enough, did your innate rudeness come out? Talking is over, I don't talk to boorish people.

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As a result ofsakoku's policy of self-isolation, the country was behind the Iron Curtain for most of the Edo period (1603-1868), not trading or communicating with other countries (the rare exception beingChina andthe Netherlands). Catholic Christianity was brutally suppressed (Kyushu Rebellion).

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The Meiji era(明治時代meiji jidai) was a period inJapanese history from October23rd,1868 to July30th,1912 whenMutsuhito wasEmperor. This period marked the abandonment of Japan'sself-isolation and its emergence as a world power.

Ahhhhhh, that's it! Japan was self-isolated for 200 years.

Well, Japan BEFORE self-isolation and AFTER self-isolation still used hieroglyphic writing.

What's the logic here - how is a separate piece of history connected to hieroglyphics? Japan has been using hieroglyphic writing for several thousand years - what is the point of drawing conclusions from a torn out piece of history of 200 years....

[Дмитрий]

khorosh:
See here:

Examples[edit|edit wiki]

Here the main sentence is in square brackets and the adjective sentence is in parentheses.

• [The weather was cold and windy].What does it mean? (So snowdrifts have drifted higher than the windows).[The weather was cold, windy], (so snowdrifts drifted higher than the windows).

In your sentence, does "so what" separate the main sentence and the subordinate sentence?

P.S. The creators of Wikipedia should burn in the fires of hell forever....

[khorosh]

Дмитрий:

In your sentence, "so what" separates the main sentence from the subordinate sentence?

P.S. The makers of Wikipedia should burn in the fires of hell forever....

Yeah, now spelling and punctuation checkers, as well as wikipedia will be rejected and we will listen only to you, the main connoisseur of the Russian language).

[Дмитрий]

khorosh:
Yeah, now spell-checkers and wikipedia will be rejected and we will listen only to you, the main connoisseur of the Russian language).

Yes, I had an acquaintance who in his spare time amused himself by vandalising Wikipedia articles - he pressed the button "correct wiki text" and it started.....

[khorosh]

Дмитрий:

Yeah, I had a friend who used to vandalise Wikipedia articles in his spare time - he'd press the "edit wiki text" button and it was on.....

Here's another example:

Response from the Russian language reference service

The word canindeed be indented as an introductory phrase, or it can actas a circumstance and not highlighted by commas. So without a context it is impossible to answer your question.

Now you can also accuse the Russian language reference service of illiteracy, you're used to it).

[Dmitry Fedoseev]

khorosh:

Here is another example:

Answer from the Russian Language Reference Service

The word canindeed be used as an introductory phrase, but it can alsobe used as a circumstance and not marked with a comma. So without the context it is impossible to answer your question.

Now you can also accuse the Russian language reference service of illiteracy, you're not used to it).

If he had sat in a puddle, he would have sat quietly and kept his mouth shut.

[Yousufkhodja Sultonov]

khorosh:

Here is another example:

Answer from the Russian Language Reference Service

The word canindeed be used as an introductory phrase, but it can alsobe used as a circumstance and not marked with a comma. So without the context it is impossible to answer your question.

Now you can also accuse the Russian language reference service in illiteracy, you do not get used to it).

Apparently,the Russian language reference service is staffed by experts from Africa. It should have been:So, without context, it is impossible to answer your question.

[Dmitry Fedoseev]

Everywhere you look, there are such experts in the Russian language, and not a single sane textbook in the wild, so here's a stunning paradox.