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October 28th 04, 04:20 AM
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[OT] RCI on punctuation
The U.S.A. gets "."
The UN and the UK doesn't. Why? |
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#2
October 28th 04, 05:01 AM
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uncle arnie wrote: The U.S.A. gets "." The UN and the UK doesn't. Why? They don't have a point. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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#3
October 29th 04, 04:07 PM
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:01 pm, Telamon
posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM In article , uncle arnie wrote: The U.S.A. gets "." The UN and the UK doesn't. Why? They don't have a point. Okay, so the U.S.A. has three points. What are these 3 points? Inquiring minds want to know. |
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#4
October 30th 04, 05:38 AM
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In article ,
uncle arnie wrote: On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:01 pm, Telamon posted to rec.radio.shortwave: %MM In article , uncle arnie wrote: The U.S.A. gets "." The UN and the UK doesn't. Why? They don't have a point. Okay, so the U.S.A. has three points. What are these 3 points? Inquiring minds want to know. I'm not Mr. Language person. Abbreviations can have a "." or not after capitalized letters. My dictionary lists USA, UK with and without the "." but only shows UN without so it's just the UN that is pointless in more ways than one. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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