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Jul 20 |
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The use of “hey” in North America @FumbleFingers I have no objection to the historical context, clearly you've mastered that subject. Your accusation, however, that "'ay is for 'orses" is supposed to teach you to say 'Pardon?' instead of 'Eh?'" is inaccurate. |
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Jul 20 |
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The use of “hey” in North America I'm Canadian, and I've never heard of "for horses" being used in the context of "eh?". I have, however, been subjected to many a "for horses" whenever I would "Hey" someone. You're clearly mistaken in stating that the "for horses" is supposed to reprimand you for saying "Eh?" alone. |
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Jul 20 |
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The use of “hey” in North America 'Hey, is for horses' is a complete non-sequitur. It can be used as either a pithy bon mot to jostle a friend, or a snide comment to completely distract and put off a mere acquaintance. Any reasonable person who is non-confrontational and relatively interested in the conversation will more than likely never say it unless you know them well. |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter @Fr0zenFyr I saw that, was just agreeing with you and confirming the fact. :) |
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Jul 11 |
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Jul 11 |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter @J.R. Thanks, with the "mayo guy", I missed the critical bit about the pre-existing commas. OWL Confirms this in the third paragraph under semicolon. So if my original requirement was "The site had three entrances, one to the east for women, children, and the elderly; one to the north for royalty, police and dignitaries; and one to the south for common people." I would be correct. |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter Thanks, you spotted the key issue where I need to emphasise the existence of no other entrances. I didn't pick up on the possibility that the number of entrances could be implied, good point. I don't know why I'm being so pedantic about this one sentence. |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter @Em1 Further confirmation of the semicolon method is here: grammar-monster.com/lessons/semicolons_in_lists.htm |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter The link I provided may confirm your points, but the link also provides an example where the semi colon is used to separate items in a list as exemplified by my second sentence. In the link, see the part under the hamburger where the guy is eating a jar of mayonnaise. Due to this discrepancy, I'd hardly consider my provided link to be an authority and still feel reluctant about either method. |
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Jul 11 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter @Fr0zenFyr (3) is definitely not going to help. It leaves an open end as to wether or not there are more entrances. I need to explicitly state that there were only two entrances. Thanks! |
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Jul 10 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter Are there any definitive sources you can point me to that can confirm this? Google just returns people's random blog articles which aren't really reliable. (I don't mean to pry.) Thx |
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Jul 10 |
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Jul 10 |
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How to make a statement and then iterate through a list thereafter @cornbreadninja Thanks! Does your answer still apply given that the items I am appending aren't really in 'support' of my original statement? |
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Jul 10 |
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