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To: usconservative; Bullish
Do you want to voice your displeasure with us? :-)

LOL! This, sir, is why I write. If I had not been working, I would be the writer today. :^)

It is this: Punctuation matters.

Do you want to voice your displeasure with us? :-) ... is taken to mean, "Do you want to voice your displeasure --displeasure about us -- to an audience?">

However, if you insert one comma, it changes the meaning.

Do you want to voice your displeasure, with us? :-) ... is taken to mean, "Do you want to voice your displeasure about a topic, in concert and alongside us?"

:^)

79 posted on 01/28/2014 11:05:34 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz
I'm just the lowly "ideas" guy .... you play to your (ahem) strength and I'll play to mine.

Go ahead, pick that apart too! ;-)

82 posted on 01/28/2014 11:30:39 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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