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Graham

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Posted March 25, '10 6:07am UTC

11/10....hey....hey.........stop it..

What is the proper use of asterisks anyway?

The proper way:

1.
Use an asterisk (*) in a body of text to indicate a footnote. This placement specifies where an author wants to provide extra information on a particular subject by way of additional information or clarification.
2.
Use an asterisk in English grammar in the place of omitted material in a report or paper. For example, you may refer to a body of text that's too large to include in the paper. So at the correct reference point, place an asterisk and then at the bottom of the page provide a fuller explanation of the source.
3.
Use an asterisk to combine points or denote numerical values where there may be more than one point of clarification. For the first point, you can put an asterisk with a footnote preceded by one asterisk. For the next point, you can put two asterisks with the corresponding footnote preceded by two asterisks, and three and so on.

4.
Place an asterisk when emphasizing a particular passage or word in a text that's being read or displayed. For instance, if an author wants to highlight a particular position, he can use an asterisk with a footnote or along with another notation, N.B., which tells the reader to take note of what he's reading.

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age=1">The improper way:

A symbol used almost only for replacing the vowels in a curse word by those who are too scared to type the real word.
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A symbol used to signify action when talking on IMs.
The asterisk is the * symbol.

Guy one: *cough* loser. What were you thinking? *bitch slaps*
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Chat Room etiquette calls on the asterisk to correct a misspelled word which has already been submitted (user: lck (followed by) user: luck*)

sooooo.....yeahh....

11/10....hey....hey.........stop it..\r\n\r\n[quote]What is the proper use of asterisks anyway?[/quote]\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.ehow.com/how_4894738_use-asterisk-grammar.html]\r\n\r\nThe proper way:\r\n\r\n1.\r\n      Use an asterisk (*) in a body of text to indicate a footnote. This placement specifies where an author wants to provide extra information on a particular subject by way of additional information or clarification.\r\n   2.\r\n      Use an asterisk in English grammar in the place of omitted material in a report or paper. For example, you may refer to a body of text that's too large to include in the paper. So at the correct reference point, place an asterisk and then at the bottom of the page provide a fuller explanation of the source.\r\n3.\r\n      Use an asterisk to combine points or denote numerical values where there may be more than one point of clarification. For the first point, you can put an asterisk with a footnote preceded by one asterisk. For the next point, you can put two asterisks with the corresponding footnote preceded by two asterisks, and three and so on.\r\n   \r\n4.\r\n      Place an asterisk when emphasizing a particular passage or word in a text that's being read or displayed. For instance, if an author wants to highlight a particular position, he can use an asterisk with a footnote or along with another notation, N.B., which tells the reader to take note of what he's reading.\r\n[/url]\r\n\r\n((()))\r\n\r\n[url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=asterisk&page=1]The improper way:\r\n\r\nA symbol used almost only for replacing the vowels in a curse word by those who are too scared to type the real word.\r\n__\r\nA symbol used to signify action when talking on IMs.\r\nThe asterisk is the * symbol.\r\n\r\nGuy one: *cough* loser. What were you thinking? *bitch slaps* \r\n__\r\n[/url]\r\n[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk#Computer_interfaces]Chat Room etiquette calls on the asterisk to correct a misspelled word which has already been submitted (user: lck  (followed by) user: luck*)[/url]\r\n\r\nsooooo.....yeahh....

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Graham

8,051 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 6:08am UTC

just imagine every rn is a line. \
O_o

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lightcrux

622 posts

Peasant

Posted March 25, '10 6:18am UTC

I always thought the asterisk denotes an action or an explanation. Graham's post clarifies quite a lot.

I'd give you a 9.1/10 in grammar.

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davidlw

321 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 6:25am UTC

I give you a 10 out of 10. All grammar is correct. I wonder how mine is? It is bad i know.

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Brooo007

570 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 8:23am UTC

10/10 luoul 'N' ont orgt si's has'a oiood pellin

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ShadowWave

482 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 3:52pm UTC

0/10 WTF is that ment to mean?

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adios194

818 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 3:57pm UTC

7/10, You misspelled meant.

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davidlw

321 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 6:54pm UTC

3 out of 10, When you put 7/10 thats a fraction not a rating. So really you all have been spelling wrong.

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Fact

188 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 7:35pm UTC

Capital Letter after a Comma? I will take that as no...5/10 <--(This doesn't matter)

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bacobit

1,671 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 7:40pm UTC

Very good. Almost like me, but I lay off the grammer at night time. You know to show off my wild side (some times I even don't capitalize my I's *Tee Hee*)

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ShadowWave

482 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 7:44pm UTC

Pretty good, though you missed a Full-Stop.

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bacobit

1,671 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 7:53pm UTC

What's a "Full-Stop"?

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ShadowWave

482 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 8:04pm UTC

the thing you put at the end of a sentance a .
(i'm British)

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Fact

188 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 8:04pm UTC

I don't know. But if you use Mozilla Firefox as a browser, incorrect grammar is "Sub-Lined" with a red line...

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leo99rules

2,765 posts

Nomad

Posted March 25, '10 9:00pm UTC

Well, just then you put, "But" at the start of a sentence so... 7/10

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