I didn't.
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Quote: keewik @ 15th March 2014, 10:21 PM GMTI didn't.
You should have! 
Maybe . . . .
Quote: Shandonbelle @ 15th March 2014, 1:09 PM GMT...and don't be a crow.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 15th March 2014, 12:24 PM GMTAnd posting pictures of spiders isn't very popular here either...ask zooo!
I want to shag spiders.
Really? You WANT to get your head bitten off after sex?
Quote: billwill @ 15th March 2014, 11:39 PM GMTReally? You WANT to get your head bitten off after sex?
Does that chat up line ever work?
Quote: billwill @ 15th March 2014, 11:39 PM GMTReally? You WANT to get your head bitten off after sex?
Does that chat up line ever work?
I had a dream the other night that Ellie had posted on here. Sadly, it seems that's the best we can hope for at present.
What would that be-your dream virtual existence?
Why have you used a hyphen instead of a question mark? And what does the second half of your post even mean? Are you asking me to lend you a fiver? Is that it?
A hyphen can be used instead of a comma. You're the one using this website in your sleep, and you say I'm weird. (I may be.)
Neither a hyphen or a comma is appropriate in that sentence.
Yes, let's ban him.
If being wrong was a crime here, there would be a lot more absent people.
Quote: Marc P @ 30th March 2014, 3:33 PM BSTNeither a hyphen or a comma is appropriate in that sentence.
Yup, doesn't make sense with it in there.
And if I wanted to be pedantic, which I never do... a hyphen never consitutes a replacement for a comma, although an en dash can.
Quote: Marc P @ 30th March 2014, 4:43 PM BSTAnd if I wanted to be pedantic, which I never do... a hyphen never consitutes a replacement for a comma, although an en dash can.
The en-dash (-) is one of the two types of dashes used in punctuation, the other being the em-dash (-). The en-dash is wider than a hyphen, but more narrow than an em-dash. The name comes from the dash being as wide as the letter 'n', hence the en-dash. An example of the en-dash is provided below:
Jack doesn't find Sarah attractive - or so he says.
All politicians desire respect and power - some even achieve it - but it is easier said than done.
Like the em-dash, the en-dash is used to separate a sentence where there is an interruption that disrupts the flow.
I'm none the wiser, and what pedant is going to measure it? 