What does a speaker mean when he describes s.o./sth. as "PUNCTUATION-HAPPY?" No dictionary for language learners provides a definition. Thanks for your kind explanation. Artur
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" No dictionary for language learners provides a definition.
Thanks for your kind explanation.
Artur[/nq] You'll need to post some context.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]What does a speaker mean when he describes s.o./sth. as "PUNCTUATION-HAPPY?" No dictionary for language learners provides a definition. Thanks for your kind explanation. Artur[/nq] You'll need to post some context. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
Thanks Einde for showing interest in my post. The context is as follows: When C. Zeta-Jones and M. Douglas married in 2000, they sold the exclusive rights to photograph the affair to British magazine OK! for $1.6 million. OK! rival, the equally PUNCTUATION-HAPPY Hello!, decided to run pictures anyway and hit newsstands three days before OK!. Now the couple are suing Hello!. What does "PUNC
[nq:1]Thanks Einde for showing interest in my post. The context is as follows: When C. Zeta-Jones and M. Douglas married ... OK!. Now the couple are suing Hello!. What does "PUNCTUATION-HAPPY" mean in the above context? Thanks for any comments. Artur[/nq] I think it's a rather dismissive reference to the fact that the title of both magazines containse an exclamation mark. Never having read eit