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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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are the following sentences correct? ''Is this pun made on John?''...

1b00Are the following sentences correct? Please give a short reason for your answer if required.02b02br
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01font01b001:02b00 Is this pun made on John?02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 I made a pun on John.02font02br
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01font01b003:02b00 Making a pun on someone is not a good habit.02font02br
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01font01b004:02b00 To make a pun on someone is not a good habit.02font02br
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01font01b005:02b00 Why men act more like women these days?02font02br
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01font01b006:02b00 Why do men act more like women these days?02font0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 11b 10Are the following sentences correct? 12font 12br 12blockquote 11font 001-4 02font 00 01b 01font 00Puns are made with words, not on people. They are a play on the sounds of words.

— Feebs11

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 11b 10Are the following sentences correct?
  • 12font 12br 12blockquote 11font 001-4 02font 00 01b 01font 00Puns are made with words, not on people.
  • They are a play on the sounds of words.
  • 02br 02br 005 This is really a statement.
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11b10Are the following sentences correct? Please give a short reason for your answer if required.12b12br
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11font11b101:12b10 Is this pun made on John?12font12br
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0 1-4 I agree with Feebs. 0-
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11b11font10Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " why men act more like women these days."12br
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10Do you mean that question mark could not be used at the end of that sentence?12br
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21b21font20Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " why men act more like women these days."22br
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0 That's right. You shouldn't use a question mark in sentence #5. 0-
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