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Grammar Girl here. Today I'm going to talk about how to format Web addresses for print documents and websites. URLs and Terminal Punctuation A listener named Aileen recently asked how to deal with a Web address at the end of a sentence. Should she pu

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A: Can I ask you a question? B: Sure, what's up? A: Well, I was just wondering if you'd like to go out this Friday. B: Really? A: Yeah, I was thinking we could get a bite to eat and catch a movie. B: That sounds like fun. A: Of course, we can do some

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A: May I ask you a quick question? B: Of course. A: How would you like to go on a date with me this Friday? B: Seriously? A: Well, I figured that we could go see a movie and get some dinner. B: Cool, that sounds like it will be fun. A: We can always

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is hyphens. On Monday afternoon Pat was watching the cable channel CNBC and called me over to the TV because the hosts were talking about hyphens. Yup, in the middle of a segment on the economy, they started talking a

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Hey, I'm going to tell you about my wax museum story. Um, so I would go with my little host brother, Javi, on our little dates because he never went into the city, although he lived really very close to the city, he would just never go into Madrid. S

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今天我们要学的词是off the charts。 Chart, 是表格的意思，off the charts，不在表格上了，意思是超常。 The band's popularity among teenagers is off the charts, 这个乐队特别受青少年欢迎。 研究发现，医护人员

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