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Old 28th February 2012, 09:07 PM
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Default Correct usage of capital letters...

Now that e-mails and text messaging have become such a popular forms of communication a side effect seems that we no longer concern ourselves with the correct usage of capital letters. For the guilty ones it may be a good idea to remember the following piece of advice.




"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse"




Hope everyone is now clear about that.
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Old 28th February 2012, 09:13 PM
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1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
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Old 28th February 2012, 10:39 PM
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"Capitalisation is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse"




Hope everyone is now clear about that.[/quote]

Like it (more than I like IT, at the risk of offending Ian...)
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Old 28th February 2012, 10:42 PM
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"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse"

Brilliant! Couldn't agree more
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Old 29th February 2012, 05:57 AM
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Brilliant! Couldn't agree more
Very good, Tonup, however you forgot the full stop!
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Old 29th February 2012, 06:20 AM
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Very good, Tonup, however you forgot the full stop!

Well spotted; however, you should have used a semi colon after Tonup.
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Old 29th February 2012, 06:42 AM
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Well spotted; however, you should have used a semi colon after Tonup.
That's interesting about the semi colon.

If you are going to use a semicolon to connect two clauses, it is very important that the two clauses are both independent. That means that each clause has to be able to stand alone and make complete sense without the other. If either one cannot stand alone, a semi-colon cannot be used.

Ref: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exerci...al/page_05.htm

They do probably stand alone. I never use a semi colon in a sentence, only for lists and I'm too old to start now.
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Old 29th February 2012, 08:59 AM
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Just in case anyone has forgotten; this is a car enthusiasts forum, not an English lesson!
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2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse.
2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter.

Previously
2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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Old 29th February 2012, 09:16 AM
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The difference between knowing your sh1t and not knowing you’re sh1t
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Old 29th February 2012, 12:32 PM
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Just in case anyone has forgotten; this is a car enthusiasts forum, not an English lesson!
For a while there Mike i thought it was turning into some sort of sexual deviant site with talk of the colon and semi's
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