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HD: Proper Punctuation in Slash Fiction
 
Dave Wilton
Posted: 11 July 2011 03:13 AM   [ Ignore ]
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XKCD has done it again

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Posted: 11 July 2011 04:51 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Strunk always strikes me as though it is the past form of some obsolete verb.

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Oecolampadius
Posted: 11 July 2011 08:27 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Dave Wilton - 11 July 2011 03:13 AM

XKCD has done it again

Over my head!

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Posted: 11 July 2011 11:21 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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There’s a detailed explication, and much discussion, at the Log.

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Posted: 11 July 2011 12:01 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Thanks, lh. But I still had to go to wikipedia for a simpler explanation--nicely linked in the Log’s piece. I was hung up over the meaning of “slash.” It refers to the punctuation mark, hence the joke.

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