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Old 10-02-2011, 07:39 PM   #61 (permalink)
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I wonder what the automatic thought to pop into people's heads was (peoples' heads was? People's heads were? Peoples' heads were? **** this thread.). Colons are much rarer in the english language than commas so I automatically thought of the first option, but maybe that's just because I'm looking at it from a male point of view.
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Old 10-03-2011, 05:28 AM   #62 (permalink)
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^People's heads was.
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Old 10-03-2011, 05:48 AM   #63 (permalink)
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I wonder what the automatic thought to pop into people's heads was (peoples' heads was? People's heads were? Peoples' heads were? **** this thread.). Colons are much rarer in the english language than commas so I automatically thought of the first option, but maybe that's just because I'm looking at it from a male point of view.
I also first read that unpunctuated sentence as meaning, "A woman, without her man, is nothing."

I hadn't thought of the alternate punctuation until I read it. I love colons, though.

And intestines!
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If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
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Old 10-03-2011, 05:56 AM   #64 (permalink)
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Semicolons are the ****; they really add new levels of meaning to a sentence.
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