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sraL: My stance on this issue (punctuation and grammar) is found scattered around the LGPA mag and chat:
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Originally Posted by Objective
The voting and criteria in a poetry league shouldn't be the same as in a topical or any other battle and I'm going to continue to put certain things higher than others (such as punctuation in this particular league whereas I could give less of a fuck in a topical and even non-existent in a battle) and put shit to light if I think there's places the piece could be improved.
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Originally Posted by Objective
It [punctuation] matters to me because it seems more refined and polished. The way the poem is supposed to be read translates so much better and it just gives an overall better feel to me. But I’d only put grammar and punctuation up against each other if I couldn’t choose who to vote on as a last deciding factor to my vote.
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Originally Posted by Objective
... I definitely do not let punctuation be a determining factor unless the battle is so incredibly close I have to nitpick on the smallest of things just to find something where someone might have an edge over the other. ... I try to let my votes be as to the point and harsh as possible because nowadays a lot of people have reached a certain level the nitpicking is almost (or close to) the only things left they can improve on
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Also word @
Dominate with the ''your'' & ''you're'' shit. Without further adieu I'm ending the post with this:
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So deep into writing I'm concerned bout the text on my grave.
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