AIGAD
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Post by AIGAD on Feb 25, 2015 11:43:32 GMT -5
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on Feb 25, 2015 20:17:47 GMT -5
Two spaces is the correct way to do it. Maybe the convention was started by the mono-spaced font of typewriters, but that's no reason to throw it out now. We're still using the out-dated and inefficient QUERTY keyboard too. If we're not going to change that, then we can keep the spaces. The only reason this is even a question is that people have gotten used to seeing text on webpages and HTML removes any extra spaces. I'm typing this with double spaces, but when its posted it will look all single spaced. There are ten spaces between these two words: start end. Where did all my extra spaces go?
I can live with or without my spaces, but people who don't understand that the Oxford comma is the ONLY correct way richly deserve our scorn.
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popeye
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think ONCE,think TWICE,think-BIKE!
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Post by popeye on Feb 26, 2015 1:23:34 GMT -5
iwastaughttousenospacesatmyskool....lol
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RedRock
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Never ask what kind of computer a person uses--if it's a Mac, he'll say; if not, why embarrass him?
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Post by RedRock on Mar 3, 2015 19:27:35 GMT -5
Correct, Lamron. There is a huge difference between "orange juice, ham, and eggs" and "orange juice, ham and eggs" and "orange juice and ham and eggs."
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on Mar 4, 2015 10:17:19 GMT -5
"The ninjas, RedRock and Lamron are coming to the party."
"The ninjas, RedRock, and Lamron are coming to the party."
How many people are coming to the party? Are RedRock and Lamron ninjas, or not? Commas matter!
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RedRock
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Never ask what kind of computer a person uses--if it's a Mac, he'll say; if not, why embarrass him?
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Post by RedRock on Mar 5, 2015 21:23:59 GMT -5
The ninjas, RedRock and Lamron, are coming to the party!
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