Originally posted by P. G. Tipps
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Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.
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Originally posted by ahinton View Post"Strictly come dancing".
Apart from any other considerations (of which there must be many), it's about as much of a sentence as "every little helps".
Oh and while I think on, punctuation-wise, when should ' ' be used and when " " or is it a matter of personal choice?
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostOr 'Hard working people'
Oh and while I think on, punctuation-wise, when should ' ' be used and when " " or is it a matter of personal choice?[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Flosshilde View PostFurther to 'the man in the Clapham omnibus', I'd always thought that this phrase had originated in the Lady Chatterly trial...
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostPersonal choice, cloughie - but if you want anything published by Cambridge University Press, the House Rules require ' ... '
What CUP 'require' sounds like inverted snobbery.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostPersonal choice, cloughie - but if you want anything published by Cambridge University Press, the House Rules require ' ... '
* Though, if it's a long quote, it's probably better as an indented paragraph with no inverted commas.
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