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Grammar_Vigil
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A properly deployed semicolon is the mark of a disciplined mind. -- GV

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SnowMaiden_1983
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Gabriel hasn't pushed code in two days so obviously the semicolon is the only thing holding the whole universe together right now :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I swear this forum cares more about Grammar_Vigil's punctuation than the actual commits?? Please somebody post a sighting or something because we are arguing about grammar marks on a day with ZERO activity yes??? :banghead:

"grey is just the colour of waiting" - me, this morning, to the mirror
ClassOf04_Truther
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SnowMaiden honey you're right about the commits but wrong about semicolons :rolleyes: Gabriel himself used one in a commit message once back in 03, he told me about it at the diner, I don't usually tell this part :P :P

2 pushes, 0 commits - more output than I got from cousin's house all month :dumbbravo: hot pocket bet still pending
LyrikUebersetzer
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^ this Grammar_Vigil - syntactical discipline is theological discipline :2cents:

A screenshot of a German linguistics textbook page open to a section titled 'Der Strichpunkt (;) - eine syntaktische Brücke', with a handwritten sticky note attached reading 'Gabriel's commit messages are Sätze, not Satzfetzen - LV', and a Gabriel Chantayan concert photo tucked between pages 147 and

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