The Oxford English Dictionary defines punctuation thus: “The practice, action, or system of inserting points or other small marks into texts, in order to aid interpretation; division of text into sentences, clauses, etc., by means of such marks.” We have often chuckled over the lack of such in ads on Craigslist.
It never gets old.
wanted medium size dog (Location south)
bit about us we have always had dogs have a happy go luck 30 pound idiot now and want a playmate for himand us one daughter 12yrs old and big big yard 66 by 275 with radio controlled dog collars that open dog door whenever they want to go out we camp in middle of nowhere and have fun
open to puppy to 2yrs plus smaller to medium size
Sparky needs a radio controlled keyboard that will shock him when he roars through a stop! Thanks for the fun, Ninjachow.
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I think this Sparky is trying (badly) to be Archy the cockroach, or one of his descendants.
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The ad works if you imagine that their present dog ghost-wrote it.
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The daughter wears an RC collar to go through the dog door while camping in great outdoors iccurs?
There’s either a Lifetime TragiCom or an Investigation Discovery program in there somewhere.
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Sparky makes my head hurt. Is the 12 year old the daughter of the 30 pound idiot? They want a puppy plus a small to medium sized something, are we supposed to guess what?
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Let’s help him out with the punctuation, shall we?
[blockquote]wanted medium size dog (Location south)
bit about us: we have always had, dogs have, a happy go!
luck? 30 pound idiot!
now and want a playmate for himand*
big big yard, 66 by 275, with radio controlled dog, collars that open dog, door. whenever they want to go out, we camp in middle of nowhere and have fun.
open! to puppy to 2.**
*us one daughter 12yrs old and
**yrs plus smaller to medium size[/blockquote]
There much, better?
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