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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 08:43 PM
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Multiple question marks are the new punctuation marks for ending statements????
Edited on Sun Aug-05-07 08:46 PM by swag
Particularly in emails from company bigshots???

Actually, this has been going on for years????

But now even underlings are imitating???
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:03 PM
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1. Is that a problem with you???????
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:11 PM
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3. No, I'm just the computer guy????
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:11 PM
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4. Okay???
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:13 PM
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6. Thanks for the understanding????
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:07 PM
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2. I can has punctuations???
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:12 PM
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5. Shift-F7 isn't working to print that???
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:25 PM
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7. And what do you think of question marks like this?
¿?

:hide:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:31 PM
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9. Estas me gustan mucho.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:25 PM
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8. Why is everybody talking like Ed Grimley???
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 09:31 PM
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10. Excellent question????
But for actual questions, one question mark seems to suffice???
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 10:52 PM
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11. why wasn't i informed of this!!?!?!??!!!
:rant:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:16 PM
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12. Those interspersed exclamation points are definitely middle management material!
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:28 PM
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17. oh really, so your entire take is that only *upper* management is capable...
of asking q's void of emotion???? that the (?????) template is;
then valid by some form of default to corporate america??? or
the thickness of one's futures & commodities porfolio?????????
you know you're right, go ahead & admit it :headbang:
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:31 PM
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18. Is that a Keinholz?
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:33 PM
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19. correct...
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:17 PM
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13. Question marks are the new punctiation for ending statements, no?
It's almost as bad as ending statements with comma no question mark.

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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:19 PM
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14. or joining independent clauses by means of a comma????
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:21 PM
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15. That would be silly it would be considered a run-on, no?
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-05-07 11:25 PM
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16. You are getting so pedantic????!!!
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