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Post by Stammerhead on Oct 15, 2020 11:32:59 GMT
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Post by enigma72 on Oct 15, 2020 17:28:13 GMT
Exclamation marks are fun to use! !!
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 16, 2020 1:05:23 GMT
I also like hyphens. They are a bit stronger than commas and are more aesthetically pleasing.
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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2020 1:25:34 GMT
Apostrophe. Hands down. Here's why: 1. They're fun. 2. It also means "address to an absent or imaginary person." 3. It's a great Frank Zappa record. 4. Two of them make a quotation mark, which is very handy for naming some files. 5. They're not all the same.
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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 28, 2020 18:37:56 GMT
The semicolon. I like how it can grant clarity and/or help with sentence structure. "grant clarity"... I just now took that in. Cool. Yes, that's exactly what a semi-colon can do. In terms of syntax strength, the ; is somewhere between a period and a comma.
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Post by divtal on Oct 28, 2020 19:25:56 GMT
Let's hear it for the apostrophe! Among my favorite word puzzles is "Qryptoquip." It's a statement in which each letter is represented by another letter ... "R" might stand for "M," but that substitution is consistent throughout the puzzle. The apostrophe can assist in solving it. -- If an apostrophe is followed by one letter, it narrows the following letter to "S" for a possessive, or "T" for a contraction. As you start to get a feel for the context that choice becomes clear. -- If an apostrophe is followed by two letters, it's a contraction that is preceded by a pronoun, and the second of those letters is "E." And, if the following letters are the same letter, they stand for "L" (I'll, You'll, She'll). -- If no letters follow the apostrophe, the letter before it is "S," as it signifies a plural possessive.
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