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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:16 PM
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Which brings to mind a question...
Is the word "punctuation" both singular and plural? If we are talking about a single comma, or a lonely period, why can it not be called a punctui?
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:16 PM
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1. or even just a punct?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:17 PM
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2. HEAD. HURTS.
Make it stop!

:o
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:24 PM
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3. Apply directly to the forehead...




:rofl:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:24 PM
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4. you are evil.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:26 PM
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5. You Bastige!
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Joe Fields Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:27 PM
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6. a scalawag?
:bounce:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-12-07 11:27 PM
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7. inDEED!
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 12:21 AM
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8. Because "punctuation" is not synonomous with "punctuation marks"
A single comma would be a punctuation mark, a lot of them would be punctuation marks. A comma, alone or in a herd, is not a 'punctuation' - punctuation is the method of using such marks to indicate structure.

Conversely, a 'lonely period' is the 3 middle years of my undergrad existence... :)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 12:23 AM
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9. Are you saying that the activity in your college social life
is inversely proportionate to the amount of knowledge you gained there?

:hi:
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-13-07 12:29 AM
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10. Turns out it was actually more of a showering issue...
(I'm kidding! really...)

:)
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