07-01-2015, 06:07 PM
Editors matter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-...on-sanity/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-...on-sanity/
Garvin's not going to like this
07-02-2015, 12:39 AM
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.
07-02-2015, 08:35 PM
Never underestimate the power of proper punctuation. 8)
"To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression." ~ James Madison
07-02-2015, 09:51 PM
(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.
(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.
07-03-2015, 04:51 AM
(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.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
07-03-2015, 11:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2015, 11:56 AM by SamAtoms1980.)
Douglas Hofstadter proved that you can do this with letters too:
ONEWARTWOEAREWE
ONE WAR TWO EAR EWE
O NEW ART WOE ARE WE
ONEWARTWOEAREWE
ONE WAR TWO EAR EWE
O NEW ART WOE ARE WE
"We should all be better." --- Bill Walton, UCLA telecast, Feb. 16, 2013
(This post was last modified: 07-03-2015, 11:56 AM by SamAtoms1980.)
Douglas Hofstadter proved that you can do this with letters too:
ONEWARTWOEAREWE
ONE WAR TWO EAR EWE
O NEW ART WOE ARE WE
ONEWARTWOEAREWE
ONE WAR TWO EAR EWE
O NEW ART WOE ARE WE
"We should all be better." --- Bill Walton, UCLA telecast, Feb. 16, 2013
07-03-2015, 09:18 PM
[img height=360 width=500]https://alexhejduk.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/seals.jpg[/img]
Heroism is not defined by one great act, but by a lifetime of right action.
07-03-2015, 09:31 PM
Some of my favorites:
![[Image: Punctuation-makes-a-difference-2.jpg]](http://www.vappingo.com/word-blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Punctuation-makes-a-difference-2.jpg)
![[Image: 09677ed2274d7573abe726a957d09acc.jpg]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/09/67/7e/09677ed2274d7573abe726a957d09acc.jpg)
![[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuyvXOFOdvAEmO5ayDZz1...5cZtlDbEDK]](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuyvXOFOdvAEmO5ayDZz13RDBdCUw3dx2jOwhfNF5cZtlDbEDK)
![[Image: 699ce14f00b05217f368e74af8f29bc4.jpg]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/69/9c/e1/699ce14f00b05217f368e74af8f29bc4.jpg)
And of course, if you allow for Facebook fails, well, there isn't enough room.
BC
And of course, if you allow for Facebook fails, well, there isn't enough room.
BC
Some of my favorites:
And of course, if you allow for Facebook fails, well, there isn't enough room.
BC
And of course, if you allow for Facebook fails, well, there isn't enough room.
BC
07-03-2015, 11:47 PM
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 ...
                Tables for Ladies'
and she was very curious to know what they thought might go on those tables ...
07-04-2015, 10:21 AM
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-a...index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas-a...index.html
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-a...index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/04/us/texas-a...index.html
07-04-2015, 07:22 PM
On the cover of a magazine:
"Rachel Ray loves cooking her family and her dog"Â They might possibly have meant "...cooking, her family, and her dog."
or
"Attention: Toilet only for disabled elderly pregnant children."Â Could use maybe three commas.
Or even:
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"Rachel Ray loves cooking her family and her dog"Â They might possibly have meant "...cooking, her family, and her dog."
or
"Attention: Toilet only for disabled elderly pregnant children."Â Could use maybe three commas.
Or even:
Audaces fortuna iuvat
On the cover of a magazine:
"Rachel Ray loves cooking her family and her dog"Â They might possibly have meant "...cooking, her family, and her dog."
or
"Attention: Toilet only for disabled elderly pregnant children."Â Could use maybe three commas.
Or even:
"Rachel Ray loves cooking her family and her dog"Â They might possibly have meant "...cooking, her family, and her dog."
or
"Attention: Toilet only for disabled elderly pregnant children."Â Could use maybe three commas.
Or even:
Audaces fortuna iuvat
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