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WCDT: 2372-2376 (28 January - 1 February 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Sidhekin on 10 Feb 2013, 09:45 ---Um, that refers to an article about the order. More relevant is what that article tells: "The proper name for an infant echidna is also echidna and not a Puggle as is widely believed."
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As much as I'm loath to weaken my argument for the correct use of apostrophes, surely if the commonly-used name for a baby echidna a 'puggle', then that is what it is called.
Method of Madness:
I'm curious, what is said argument? In what way do people use apostrophes wrong?
Sidhekin:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 10 Feb 2013, 10:08 ---As much as I'm loath to weaken my argument for the correct use of apostrophes, surely if the commonly-used name for a baby echidna a 'puggle', then that is what it is called.
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Hence the "(ETA: ... and by denying confirms, if you ask me ...)". You may have missed that ETA, of course ...
Method of Madness:
ETA means estimated time of arrival...what were you referring to? I mean, I'm guessing the E is edit but other than that I have no idea. Wait...edited to add? Why not just say "edit"?
henri bemis:
I tend to use 'edit' if I'm correcting something in the middle of a post, and 'eta' if I'm expanding on something I said but don't want to make a new post (usually because no one else has posted yet and I don't want to seem spammy). Though I guess there isn't really much reason to make a distinction, as the reason should be fairly obvious in most cases. For me, it's habit and convention I've carried over from other forums.
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