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Fri 18 Apr, 2003 07:13 pm
Hi I'm ;. I would like to know why I am so rarely employed. The owner of the computer I
have commandeered, only uses me when he is writing business letters. I feel neglected. Why
don't you use me on a level comparative to, say, "," or "." two of my more fortunate
friends?
Please note the importance of punctuation.
woman without her man is nothing
Woman. Without her, man is nothing.
Woman without her man, is nothing.
I suggest that we all change our names to a punctuation mark to make a point.
Can I be a ? (I think I am anyway)
?
damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
or
damn, the torpedoes, full speed ahead
I just don't want to be the COLON!!!!
Slow children playing
OR:
Slow, children playing
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I wanna be an asterisk!!
I wanna be an asterisk!!
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So now. wants to be;. I guess we all have our aspirations.
Oh!
We need a ruling. Is asterisk punctuation??????
(I also don't want to be a PERIOD!!!!!)
I know. I want to be that little curvy thing you put on an 'n' to make it sound like nyeh!
,? - >( *^@ ::' "" ':;;;'''?
&&%% %^%$@$! **~&&%^*, *&$%$ #@@ - &*%!!!!!!!
Actually, you know, dammit - I have lost my ability to use the semicolon.....I no longer really know when it is correct.
I have replaced it with that devil's candy of the punctuation world - the -.
My new name is \ .
Not just a slash, mind you, a back slash.
Good story, Phoenix. One cannot possibly overestimate the importance of the comma. Take this sentence:
Republicans say the Democrats don't stand a chance in the 1994 elections.
Now, insert a couple of commas, thusly:
Republicans, say the Democrats, don't stand a chance in the 1994 elections.
Reversed meaning by the simple insertion of a couple of ,,.
Deb, I would reconsider the ; if I were you (which, of course, I could ne'er be), It comes in handy as a substutute for conjunctions when you have a lengthy sentence on your hands (or anywhere else, come to that).
Wha' happen'? Did I drive everybody away from this thread? I didn't mean to, honest.
Came to a full stop, did it?
Came to a full stop, period.
hey, maxsdadeo has noticed one of my favorite signs! every time i see "slow children at play," i think to myself, "must be the water."
my passengers hate it when i reach out and restrain their cranium when i spot a "stop ahead" sign.
there's a sign for an offramp in berkeley (or is it oakland?) that reads "A Street Downtown."
i think i'm an ...
or a ( without it's mate ).
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