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Pistols at dawn! Or would you prefer to die by the sabre?


Als since you didn't say anything about the 90s, we could still do Rust in Peace lulz.

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You shouldn't. As someone whose only experience with heavy metal a year ago today was "South of Heaven" by Slayer, I've taken the liberty of copying everybody's list here and going through the ones I don't know.

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If you really want to get to know Metal, you should check out Unknown Soldier's journal "Pounding decibels", in the, well, Journal Section. He's forgotten more about Metal than most of us know.

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The Batlord

You forgot a comma. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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I may be crazy, but I don't see this one.

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Trollheart

I'm not sure where you see a missed comma, Batty? It's perfectly okay grammatically to say "Unknown Soldier's Journal "Pounding Decibels" --- why would I need a comma there? I think were it reversed --- "Pounding Decibels, Unknown Soldier's journal" ---then you'd be right. But I don't think you are in this instance.

Comments?

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Frownland

Em-dashes consist of two hyphens.

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Trollheart

I've always used three. It may not be correct, but I'm in too deep to change now. What? You want me to learn a whole new way of writing hyphens and dashes? I can't do it. Maybe in your world I could, with your two-up two-down, button-down plastic fantastic lifestyle and your wild parties every night! Maybe if I didn't see this damn war every time I close my eyes at night. But not now. Too many good punctuation marks have died so that I can stand here, proudly unapologetic, and say loudly and defiantly: "I use three dashes to break up sentences! Yeah, that's right! I'm a rebel, and you'll never break my spirit!"

(Breaking news: reports indicate that Trollheart's spirit has been broken...)

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Frownland

Hey if you want to set yourself up for easy Grammar Nazi points, be my guest.

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The Batlord

Because in this instance "Pounding Decibels" is a parenthetical element, and should therefore be separated from the rest of the sentence with commas. It's understandable to be confused, since this is not true if the parenthetical element is restrictive (i.e. if the parenthetical element is essential to the meaning of the sentence). This would only be true if Unknown Soldier had more than one journal, as you would then need to clarify to which journal you were referring. If you don't use commas, you are implying that he has more than one and that you need to specify, since if he only has one, it is not necessary to name it.

I think I deserve two points for this bad boy.

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