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Under any circumstances, the sentence CAN NOT mean what Jeff says it means, because of the second comma. Now it might not be the most understandable grammer in the world, admittedly. That's why I changed it the second time to "-"s instead of ","s.
-------------------- "This is why you people think I'm so unknowable. You don't listen!" - God, "God, the Devil and Bob"
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Not trying to get on your case here Omega, but I have to say that Jeff and First are right, the sentence doesn't make sense given our definition of murder. But at the same time, guys, it's just a mistake, lighten up!
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Now, see, we already had several posts when people drew out what Omega meant, which is clear to anyone who's seen a gun thread he's argued in.
The point, the one that Omega is fighting nail and tooth against, is that his original sentence's grammar made no sense. Omega, apparently, has nothing better to do but spend his precious time defending comma placement.
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No, I admitted that the punctuation was poor. But the way you read it was still wrong.
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