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55 replies

RTKangaSANTAMummy · 03/12/2007 13:32

Whats wrong here

AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
III
JJJ
KKK
LLL
MMM
NNN
OOO
PPP
QQQ
RRR
SSS
TTT
UUU
VVV
WWW
XXX
YYY
ZZZ

Did you know that 80% of UCSD students could not find the error above?

OP posts:
funnypeculiar · 03/12/2007 14:03

Oh, didn't see ComeOVeneers version - I now have 2 answers

MrsBumblebee · 03/12/2007 14:13

ComeOVeneer's version took me much longer to spot - the sign of a seasoned apostrophe pedant ?

Tigerschick · 03/12/2007 14:16

Spotted both on first reading.
[smug]
If you believe that ...

Dinosaur · 03/12/2007 14:19

The second one is missing the "NNN" line.

ComeOVeneer · 03/12/2007 14:33

Actually Dinosaur, that was an error on my part, it should read

AAA
BBB
CCC
DDD
EEE
FFF
GGG
HHH
lll
JJJ
KKK
LLL
MMM
NNN
OOO
PPP
QQQ
RRR
SS S
TTT
UUU
VVV
WWW
XXX
YYY
ZZZ

Dinosaur · 03/12/2007 15:44

I can see the punctuation errors in Kanga's version, but not yours, CoV! How annoying!

Desiderata · 03/12/2007 15:46

(Whats) wrong here.

There's your error!

Desiderata · 03/12/2007 15:47

Ah! I must read the whole thread ...

SquonkaClaus · 03/12/2007 15:48

um... shouldn't there also be a question mark after the first line?

so it should read: "What's wrong here?"

The second question mark doesn't count because that is a different question.

gizmo · 03/12/2007 15:50

Got yours ComeOVeneer - both times.

And I think Kangas,but I'll wait and see.

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 15:52

No apostrophe in "whats"?

Dinosaur · 03/12/2007 16:17

Still can't see CoV's!!

WendyWeber · 03/12/2007 16:20

Oh, is that all - I just assumed it had been typed out originally by a semi-literate

itsTwiiiiiiiiiiitmaaaaaaasss · 03/12/2007 16:27

cov has a space at the letter S, is that right? Was it on purpose? [Twit realises that her typing etc is probably going to be checked and corrected ]

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 17:53

OH! I can suddenly see COV's one... or should l say l can suddenly see it

ComeOVeneer · 03/12/2007 18:12

Well done Lapin. Actually the space at the S is a typo by me.

ComeOVeneer · 03/12/2007 18:13

Actually that is odd as I didn't do it in the first one and second time around I copied and pasted.

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 18:15

It's the coding between you typing and it becoming a post - if it's a long string of text, or a large cut and paste, it sometimes sticks in a stray space. Happens all the time (it's buggered up a few of my longer links!)

WendyWeber · 03/12/2007 18:30

| just got CoV's as well (actually | did notice before but just assumed a different fonty thing - only there isn't one on here, is there?)

Used to be able to tease on here by using | for l but Tech tweaked the font (spoilsport )

(Little & COV, have you got a Mac? Your spacing is different - mine's a giveaway!)

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 18:34

I do have a Mac - but I'm not using it at the moment

ComeOVeneer · 03/12/2007 20:10

No mac here either.

Dinosaur · 03/12/2007 21:00

Oh fuck, this is really annoying me now!

TenLordsaLapin · 03/12/2007 21:37

la la la...

clerkKent · 04/12/2007 12:55

Colon, introducing a list?

UnquietDad · 04/12/2007 12:58

When I first saw this (on another site) I spotted the missing apostrophe straight away but just assumed that wasn't what they were talking about. Just shows how we have resignedly come to accept that so much stuff on the Internet is written by illiterates...