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[2ffat]

Here is an amusing article from CNN.


James P. Cottingham
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[traingamer]

Those two authors generate nothing but a waste of pixels on your screen.

(And this is one of their less offensive articles.)

Greg
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[SamBones]

I enjoyed the article.

 

[CajunCenturion]

It was a nice read.

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[gbaughma]

I find myself guilty of the ellipses...



Just my 2¢

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[BadBigBen]

Ellipses it is...

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[hjgoldstein]

If only those ellipses could speak...

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[KenCunningham]

This (the ellipses anyway) reminds me of Clive James' excellent description of Star Trek's script as consiting entirely of 'dot dot dot' dialogue. What the...

The internet - allowing those who don't know what they're talking about to have their say.

 

[fumei]

Guilty.

" turning the experience of reading an e-mail into one akin to a herky-jerky rickshaw ride through an especially cratered Tokyo alley. "

A bit over the top, but funny.


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[SantaMufasa]

Andrea Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich (authors of the article) should have also written of the importance of not abusing the colon, which, in my case, turned into a semi-colon following my surgery 18 months ago. <grin>

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[hjgoldstein]

If the Governor of California knew about punctuation would he be Colon the Barbarian?

It is time for pacifists to stand up and fight for their beliefs.

 

[2ffat]

James P. Cottingham
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I'm number 1,229!}

 

[philhege]

If only those ellipses were properly formatted....

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[SantaMufasa]

If only those ellipses were properly formatted....

If you want to properly reformat your ellipses you should go to a medical professional who is properly trained to administer Botox.


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