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Old 01-31-2016, 02:20 PM
 
Location: USA
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"My hole life I have delt with the basics"

 
Old 01-31-2016, 02:38 PM
 
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My guess is the ad writer didn't want to ask a question, just wanted to make it a statement. It's probably some sort of psychological 'trick'.

In other words, those words are implying that there is no question about it; you WILL take it somewhere!

You may well be correct, but...in that case, wouldn't it have made more sense to place an exclamation point at the end of the sentence?

I'm not saying that it would be grammatically correct, but I think that an implied claim that the vehicle can go anywhere would make more sense if it was followed by an exclamation point, rather than using no punctuation at all.

 
Old 01-31-2016, 05:12 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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You may well be correct, but...in that case, wouldn't it have made more sense to place an exclamation point at the end of the sentence?

I'm not saying that it would be grammatically correct, but I think that an implied claim that the vehicle can go anywhere would make more sense if it was followed by an exclamation point, rather than using no punctuation at all.

Punctuation generally ends a thought. Leaving out punctuation might encourage readers to 'fill in the blank', so to speak, prompting someone to imagine where they could go with such a cool car, even if its just to a girlfriends house!

Those Madison Avenue mad-men are getting pretty tricky! lol
 
Old 02-01-2016, 07:51 AM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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... the scientific community waits with baited breath ...
 
Old 02-01-2016, 09:19 AM
 
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... the scientific community waits with baited breath ...

Studying mice again, I see.
 
Old 02-01-2016, 09:30 PM
 
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They need to increase parking, out there. Somebody had suggested angel parking instead of parrel.

Probably why they were chose.

I never seen dead trees out there. They all seems alive and well.

Really ?? this is sad,, they could not find another place . There is other trees that could of came down.

The city fathers strick again!

Nobody is arguing that all things are tecnucally "dying".
- a local "You Know You're From" page is up in arms over trees being removed to put in a bike trail.
 
Old 02-01-2016, 09:49 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Default When the money keeps rolling in you don't ask how

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They need to increase parking, out there. Somebody had suggested angel parking instead of parrel.

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Wowzers, infinite money for only virtual terrain. Come on, everybody knows that old scholastic argument about how many angels can you park on the head of a pin. & actually, the argument is about how many angels can you park on the needle tip of a pin.


It's a win-win. The angels get to park, the city gives up next to no valuable downtown space, & the money keeps rolling in from every direction.
 
Old 02-01-2016, 11:00 PM
 
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A comment on a recent review of "Downton Abbey":

"Mary may be an entitled elitist, but Edith is a total narcissus".

The flower child of the Crawley family, obviously (although since "Downton Abbey" also has Lily, Rose, Daisy, Violet and Marigold, "Narsissus" would fit right into this little tussy-mussy of characters!).

Can't help but remember Hyacinth Bucket, and wonder if she inspired the various floral names on DA. Hyacinth's sisters were also Daisy, Violet, and Rose, as I recall. Violet was never seen, but Daisy and Rose were regulars on "Keeping Up Appearances".

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Old 02-02-2016, 09:14 AM
 
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Is the schools are going to be cancelled tommorrow?
 
Old 02-02-2016, 10:12 AM
 
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A comment about the accused in a prominent murder case: "They'll probably plead inanity and get off".
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