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Old 10-15-2012 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by captjns
I'll take your post under advisement and consideration as you seem to be the self appointed Emil Post on posting edicate.

Since you are concerned with spelling... try reducing your run-on sentences and sintaxes too.
"syntax"

syn·tax
   /ˈsɪntæks/ [sin-taks]
noun 1. Linguistics . a. the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language.
b. the study of the patterns of formation of sentences and phrases from words.
c. the rules or patterns so studied: English syntax.
d. a presentation of these: a syntax of English.
e. an instance of these: the syntax of a sentence.

2. Logic .
a. that branch of modern logic that studies the various kinds of signs that occur in a system and the possible arrangements of those signs, complete abstraction being made of the meaning of the signs.
b. the outcome of such a study when directed upon a specified language.

3. a system or orderly arrangement.
4. Computers . the grammatical rules and structural patterns governing the ordered use of appropriate words and symbols for issuing commands, writing code, etc., in a particular software application or programming language

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