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Old 08-07-2014, 19:37   #31
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Re: How to Conjugate "Heave-To"

You forgot about the wenches; I prefer the self-tailing ones


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Punctuation also matters:

A teacher writes on a chalkboard the sentence: "A woman without her man is nothing"
The teacher then asks the boys to punctuate it properly, and they all write:
"A woman, without her man, is nothing"
The teacher asks the girls to punctuate it and they write:
“A woman, without her, man is nothing.”
And capitalization:

I HELPED MY UNCLE JACK OFF A HORSE.


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Punctuation can save lives as well

Lets eat Grandma!
Lets eat, Grandma

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Q: What do you say when you are comforting a grammar nazi?
A: There, their, they’re.
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Re: How to Conjugate "Heave-To"

A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read:
"The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt."

His son asked: "What happened to the flea?"
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Re: How to Conjugate "Heave-To"

OMG...

This thread is priceless...

A multiple quote reply would include every one... Or everyone??

(dang it's catchy this grammar play)
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