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Michael Macclan
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G S Banner wrote:
>>>> BTW for someone who claims "I do not think highly of people who misuse punctuation." you should
>>>> reflect on your incorrect use of quotation marks around my name.
David Damerell wrote:
>>> It's not incorrect when I think you might be a sock puppet.
G S Banner wrote:
>> Got a source for that rule of punctuation?
>
David Damerell wrote:
> Fowler.
My edition of "The New Fowler's Modern English Usage" doesn't have an entry for "sock puppet". It
does have an entry for "socker", though. It says, "see SOCCER".
Am I missing a joke here? It seems that I usually do. ;-)
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Michael MacClancy
>>>> BTW for someone who claims "I do not think highly of people who misuse punctuation." you should
>>>> reflect on your incorrect use of quotation marks around my name.
David Damerell wrote:
>>> It's not incorrect when I think you might be a sock puppet.
G S Banner wrote:
>> Got a source for that rule of punctuation?
>
David Damerell wrote:
> Fowler.
My edition of "The New Fowler's Modern English Usage" doesn't have an entry for "sock puppet". It
does have an entry for "socker", though. It says, "see SOCCER".
Am I missing a joke here? It seems that I usually do. ;-)
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Michael MacClancy