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Re: polls

Posted By: Adam Bomb, on host 129.237.189.32
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2001, at 06:25:20
In Reply To: Re: polls posted by Eugene on Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 08:38:50:

> > > Your current poll on punctuation marks doesn't
> > > include all the punctuation marks; it leaves
> > > out a lot I like, such as the ampersand.
> >
> > The ampersand is technically a stylized version of "et", which I think is Latin. And also it would be a huge hassle to include every single punctuation mark in a poll like that.
>
> I go the opposite way here, I don't know why the * was included as a punctuation mark -- I've never witnessed a star strengthen an otherwise weak sentence. But I hesitate to say this, for it seems that the * is a crowd (albeit a different and quantitatively lesser crowd than the ! hooligans) favorite. Which I guess will bring me to a question: Did y'all choose your favorites based on the mark's grammatical purpose, it's visual pleasure, or by some seemingly individual criteria? I chose " because they remind me of two white bunny eyes in a snow-storm.
> Euge'"'ne

I choose the bullet. (Х)

Asterisks are cool and they make lists easier to manage, but bullets make anything you type look more professional.

Just hold down ALT and type 0149 if you're on a PC, or hold down OPTION and press 8 if you're on a Mac.

Adam "ХХХХХХХ" Bomb

Replies To This Message

Re: polls - Nyperold - Thu, 12/13/2001, 07:40:03
- Re: polls - Adam Bomb - Thu, 12/13/2001, 17:58:37
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        Re: polls - Eric Sleator McGill - Sun, 12/16/2001, 09:33:22
    - Re: polls - Adam Bomb - Sat, 12/15/2001, 09:59:23
      - Re: polls - Howard - Sat, 12/15/2001, 16:08:56
        
        Re: polls - Nyperold - Sat, 12/15/2001, 18:59:18

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Message:	> > > > Your current poll on punctuation marks doesn't > > > > include all the punctuation marks; it leaves > > > > out a lot I like, such as the ampersand. > > > > > > The ampersand is technically a stylized version of "et", which I think is Latin. And also it would be a huge hassle to include every single punctuation mark in a poll like that. > > > > I go the opposite way here, I don't know why the * was included as a punctuation mark -- I've never witnessed a star strengthen an otherwise weak sentence. But I hesitate to say this, for it seems that the * is a crowd (albeit a different and quantitatively lesser crowd than the ! hooligans) favorite. Which I guess will bring me to a question: Did y'all choose your favorites based on the mark's grammatical purpose, it's visual pleasure, or by some seemingly individual criteria? I chose " because they remind me of two white bunny eyes in a snow-storm. > > Euge'"'ne > > I choose the bullet. (Х) > > Asterisks are cool and they make lists easier to manage, but bullets make anything you type look more professional. > > Just hold down ALT and type 0149 if you're on a PC, or hold down OPTION and press 8 if you're on a Mac. > > Adam "ХХХХХХХ" Bomb
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