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Which is correct?

:).
2
9%
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17
77%
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3
14%
 
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Postby starlooker » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:52 pm

See, that makes sense, but I see it punctuated so many ways in so many places.
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:34 pm

In other news, I now have the Sesame Street song about the letter W in my head.

Oh what is the letter we love?
The one that we're extra fond of?
It's not any trouble, you
know it's a double-you
when you hear wuh-wuh-wuh-WUH!
I looked yesterday but I couldn't find a video clip of it. Great minds, eh?
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Postby starlooker » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:47 pm

*suddenly feels nostalgic for taking over the chat with sesame street songs*
There's another home somewhere,
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There's another life out there...

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Postby Eaquae Legit » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:05 pm

We should do that again sometime.
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Postby Eaquae Legit » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:45 pm

I'm getting more and more annoyed with the overuse and misuse of the word "necessarily." Increasingly I am finding the need to use it in a technical sense, and it really bugs me that it has been robbed of all its force. Grr.
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Postby daPyr0x » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:02 pm

Super old thread bump.

I saw this and thought of all of you.

How to use a semicolon
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Postby Jayelle » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:51 pm

I'm sure my fellow nazis (especially Kelly) will enjoy

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Postby locke » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:25 am

Super old thread bump.

I saw this and thought of all of you.

How to use a semicolon
I'm going to read that but I just thought I'd post an aggravating announcement that I use a semicolon when its more of a break than a comma but not parenthetical or emphatical enough to require a dash.
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Postby Young Val » Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:25 am

I'm going to read that but I just thought I'd post an aggravating announcement that I use a semicolon when its more of a break than a comma but not parenthetical or emphatical enough to require a dash.
:::rolls on the floor in aggravation:::
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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Postby Jeesh_girl15 » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:37 pm

I use semicolons to make little winky faces. :wink: = ; )
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:51 pm

:::rolls on the floor in aggravation:::
This.
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Postby daPyr0x » Tue May 25, 2010 7:52 am

Tee

I love Alots
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Postby jotabe » Tue May 25, 2010 10:19 am

My definition for alot:

a lot ≥ 3

The rationale is that i mentally link "a lot" with something that can be reasonably piled up. 2 can't be piled up in a neat, stable way. Arguably 3 can be piled up (arguably because if we are talking about spheroids, you'll probably need at least 4).
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