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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Criminal Sentence 400: Let's Hear It for Periods (.)
From an announcement I received on my phone:
"Don’t be fooled by Amanda Baumgarten's sweet exterior, she's a gifted butcher currently working as a consultant in L.A. Let's hear it for the West Coast!"
Don't be fooled by that incorrect comma! Let's hear it for a period instead!
1 comment:
Westley
said...
I'll have to assume that it was a text message.
I'm such an old fuddy-duddy (read 'traditionalist') that the only messages I get on my phone are spoken. :-)
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1 comment:
I'll have to assume that it was a text message.
I'm such an old fuddy-duddy (read 'traditionalist') that the only messages I get on my phone are spoken. :-)
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