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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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You hiccup, and your friends yells, "Boo!"

0You sneeze, and someone says, "Bless you." You hiccup, and your friend yells, "Boo!"02br
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02br 02br 00Anyway, it is a wives tale that if you frighten someone with hiccups that your hiccups might stop. 0-

— Anonymous

  • 02br 02br 00Anyway, it is a wives tale that if you frighten someone with hiccups that your hiccups might stop.
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0It is not gramatically correct to use a comma before 'and'.02br
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00Anyway, it is a wives tale that if you frighten someone with hiccups that your hiccups might stop. The "Boo" is symbolic of an action to frighten you.0-
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00It is not gramatically correct to use a comma before 'and'.12blockquote
10Sorry, Anon-- this is bad advice. A comma is normally 01u00required02u00 before a coordinating conjunction.0-
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0Thanks, Anon.02br
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00By the way, what do you mean by " a wife's tale?" Does it mean a superstition?0-
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0Sorry - 01b00"old wives' tale". 02b00The meaning that I meant in this context refers to an unverified claim and with untrue detail. It is a proverb that is so named becasue it stems from discursive constructions on the alleged lack of sophistication of old wives, so I am led to believe. 0-
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0 Old wives' tale = superstition. 0-
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