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A light hearted grammar lesson :)

radar0976 · 2010-07-05 12:00:03

Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse & helping your uncle ja............. :)

05-07-2010 01:00PM

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Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse & helping your uncle ja.............

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#2 05-07-2010 02:31PM

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groan.

GROAN.

Yep, there's a difference.

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#3 06-07-2010 12:58AM

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A vocative comma helps there too :

Yakuza wrote: »

Leaving it out can also lead to all sorts of unintended meanings ...to wit:
Spot the difference between "I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse" and "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse"

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