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Originally Posted by BrianL99
Language is dynamic and always changing. which is why the Chicago Manual of Style has been updated, 17 times.
These days, you hardly ever hear anyone say, "we had a gay old time last night".
Which raises three questions.
1) What does "gay" mean?
2) Does the period come before or after the quotation marks?
3) Is "dynamic" and "always changing" in the same sentence. redundant?
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Once asked Richard Lederer if "anal retentive" has a hyphen. He replied that he wasn't sure, but that it *did* have a colon. . .