Sister 'saved' with slingshot..
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Kid's a Hero. Good Guy with a slingshot saved the day!!!
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Good question, and I guess I don't have a good answer.... I wanted to emphasize saved, and I should have just capitalized it.
Those aren't "Quotation" Marks.
Never seen singles referred to that way. Maybe for a title.
'Moby Dick' "Call me Ishmael"
Book titles are properly italicized.
"Call me Ishmael" is a famous line from Moby Dick.
I learned in elementary school that book and movie titles and such were to be underlined. Many years later, when I became a book editor, I learned that underlining was the copyediting mark for "italicize this."
I honestly don't remember how we did this at university, whether I underlined by backspacing or with pen, or if I used quote marks.
But in the Digital Age, with both boldface and italics being instantly available, there is IMHO no reason whatsoever to use underlining.
Rat76
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The thing that impressed me about the kid was his attitude.
Head shot & chest. He's been practicing.
Head shot & chest. He's been practicing.
Singles for emphasizing the title. Doubles for the actual Quote.Book titles are properly italicized.
"Call me Ishmael" is a famous line from Moby Dick.
Why thank you! I've picked up a couple little things like that, such as "in hospital" or "at university" and so forth just because I think they sound affected and funny, especially delivered with a West Virginia accent.
I'll always say "aluminum" with four syllables, never five, though.
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I've always spelled it grey. Don't know why, I just picked it up somewhere and can't see the need to change.
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When they arrested the assailant he had visible wounds! Love a happy ending. The kid is a hero.
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I was taught. It was ok to use those spellings, but you have to use them all. No flipping back and forth.
In British Motorcycles. You have tyres, petrol tanks, spanners.
Once you use tyres, you cant say gas tank or wrench. Lol.
I have a full drawer of British Whitworth tools. Crazy system.
To many English teachers going off topic. This post was about a boy hero that stepped up and saved his sister. .
They said that when the perp was caught he had some pretty good (and obvious) injuries to his face and body. Oops, didn't see the above but I wish the perp gets more.
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I think somebody needs to hand the kid a double handful of 36 & 44 cal lead balls. Ball bearings would do also.
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I still have one and use it. I first learned how to type on one that my cousin gave me to use. She had placed gum on the keys so she would not look at the keys while typing. I removed the gum at first to make sure I was hitting the right keys. I took a typing class in middle school and got up to 50 wpm. When I went to take another typing class in high school, the instructor refused me saying I would be a distraction to the all girl students in the class. I still write letters on my son's typewriter to my cousin. She gets a kick out of them. My wife had two of these portables cleaned up and they work just fine. My mother in law used to tell an old wives tale about how a local reporter carried one of the typewriters around during WWII (just like Ernie Pyle did).
