The hyphen still has a use

Mon Nov 4 19:44:31 UTC 2013

Or that you might want to risk a free trial if you find that your mind is blowing your results - a problem I encounter frequently.

On Nov 4, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Brian Hitchcock wrote:

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> Subject:      The hyphen still has a use
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> This teaser would be correctly punctuated if the first bang were replaced
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> MIND BLOWING RESULTS? RISK FREE TRIAL!!!
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> (the implication being that you might risk a free trial only if you DON'T
> mind blowing the results)
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> Date:    Sun, 3 Nov 2013 19:01:22 -0500
> From:    hw gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: The hyphen *still* has a use
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> Spam teaser:
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> "MIND BLOWING RESULTS! RISK FREE TRIAL!!!"
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> Thanks, but no.
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