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  i have decided to abolish punctuation
  what good is it anyway
       
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  | <David Byrden> Punctuation is the human equivalent of the tags in HTML.  | 
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| <Kumiho> this looks like the fish I caught the one time I was taken fishing ...story.news.yahoo.com...  | 
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| <Anonymous Coward> aswellasgettingridofpunctuationletsdropspacesandcapitalizationtoothatwillmakeallthedifference | 
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| <David Byrden> Why don't we get rid of spelling, because then dsoi jkfw lkjwer sa fdposid sjk rfkew  fdsjkls? | 
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| <mypalmike> I just found out that zebra mussels affect everyone.  ...wwwaux.cerc.cr.usgs.gov... | 
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<3Suns> That looks like the 26th in a series of silly public-service announcements.
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| <ajiav> I think punctuation is okay, spelling, too.  Grammar is the fun thing to play with. | 
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| <guyPaulo> Do zebra mussels taste good? | 
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| <3Suns> They're about the size of pistachios, guyp.  Not exactly convenient, even if they did taste good. | 
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| <Kumiho> bet you could make a decent broth from them tho' | 
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| <Carol> ajiav grammar ARE the fun thing | 
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| <Nick> "Grammar is the fun thing to play with."  Shame on you ending the sentence with a preposition!  Playing with grammar is fun to do! | 
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| <Der> Blah Blah Blah...M! | 
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| <guyPaulo> I ain't got no dang use for no grammer! Y'all can take yer high-falutin' book-learnin' and kiss my grits! | 
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| <ajiav> if no first spake grammar proper monkeys un-understand ajiav's point when | 
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| <David Byrden> Grammar serves two functions; one, as a courtesy to the listener, it eases the task of deciphering what is said; and second, as a practical matter, it disambiguates the communication. | 
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| <guyPaulo> Ohhh yesssss......"disambiguate"...that sounds awful sexy....mmmmmmmm baby...... | 
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| <Axolotl> Everybody, wish my friend a happy birthday! | 
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| <Everybody> Happy birthday, Axolotl's friend! | 
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| <JulieK> Mort today's comic is the best ever! (Happy birthday axolotl's friend) |