"Why punctuation matters" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 16 Apr 2016 4:57 p.m. PST |
proteinwisdom.com/?p=41851 We have been paying the price ever since.  So, I say "PTUI!" to all those apostrophe abusers, those who cannot use "less and fewer" properly, etc., and think it matters not. |
kyoteblue  | 16 Apr 2016 5:27 p.m. PST |
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| Streitax | 16 Apr 2016 7:19 p.m. PST |
Nothing can stand between the legislature and your pocket. |
| Brian Bronson | 17 Apr 2016 5:55 a.m. PST |
How about this one:
Love people. Cook them Tasty food.
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Love people. Cook them. Tasty food. My wife is a great cook and has that saying near our kitchen (the first one!) I keep threatening to "correct" the punctuation for her! |
| Terrement | 17 Apr 2016 6:48 a.m. PST |
Or for post-apoc zombie gamers: "Let's eat, Grandma" vs. "Let's eat Grandma."
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| Toronto48 | 17 Apr 2016 8:39 a.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 19 Apr 2016 7:32 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of a moment from The West Wing, where the character Toby "finds a typo in the Constitution." (Details and explanation here, though with more legalese than is necessary: link ) |
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