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Garvin's not going to like this - yvonne - 07-01-2015

Editors matter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/07/01/ohio-appeals-court-ruling-is-a-victory-for-punctuation-sanity/

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - dabigv13 - 07-01-2015

Thats great.

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - 82 Card - 07-02-2015

It's good to see the appeals court taking a small case seriously. Courts typically refuse to consider the reasonableness of the defendant's position in these minor cases.

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - Kathy - 07-02-2015

Never underestimate the power of proper punctuation.  8)

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - yvonne - 07-02-2015

Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!

Improper punctuation can be fatal.

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - CompSci87 - 07-02-2015

(07-01-2015, 06:53 PM)dabigv link Wrote:Thats great.

I'm still trying to figure out whether the missing apostrophe above is a riff on the missing comma in the story.

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Same with spelling - Mick - 07-03-2015

(07-02-2015, 09:39 PM)Yvonne link Wrote:Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!

Improper punctuation can be fatal.

I am married.
I am marred.

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - Nan3cy - 07-03-2015

Woman, without her man, is nothing.
Woman! Without her, man is nothing.

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - SamAtoms1980 - 07-03-2015

Douglas Hofstadter proved that you can do this with letters too:


ONEWARTWOEAREWE


ONE WAR TWO EAR EWE
O NEW ART WOE ARE WE

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - SUBuddha - 07-03-2015

[img height=360 width=500]https://alexhejduk.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/seals.jpg[/img]

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - BostonCard - 07-03-2015

Some of my favorites:






And of course, if you allow for Facebook fails, well, there isn't enough room.

BC

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - yvonne - 07-03-2015

Slow children playing

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - pauloalto - 07-03-2015

My eighth grade English teacher's favorite local sign was in the window of Reynold's Restaurant:


                                Tables for Ladies'


and she was very curious to know what they thought might go on those tables  ...

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Re: Garvin's not going to like this - zedcom - 07-04-2015

Yet another example where commas matter! Apparently this guy read the sign and assumed the critters couldn't swim...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas-alligator-attack/index.html

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a few more goodies - Mick - 07-04-2015

On the cover of a magazine:
"Rachel Ray loves cooking her family and her dog"  They might possibly have meant "...cooking, her family, and her dog."
or
"Attention: Toilet only for disabled elderly pregnant children."  Could use maybe three commas.

Or even:

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