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On the subject of {{tag|conjunction}}s, never, ever , ''ever'' use the expression [[and/or]]. | On the subject of {{tag|conjunction}}s, never, ever , ''ever'' use the expression [[and/or]]. | ||
There’s just one Slash that looks good in public, and he’s in [http://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/8330/slash-bridgestone-super-bowl-xlv-halftime-show.jpg Guns ’n’ Roses]. | There’s just one Slash that looks good in public, and he’s in [http://images.musictimes.com/data/images/full/8330/slash-bridgestone-super-bowl-xlv-halftime-show.jpg Guns ’n’ Roses]<ref>The Guns ’N’ Roses guitarist first earned the nickname which became is stage-name in his freshman year at Stamford Law School. His real name is [[Virgule Hudson]]. | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 9 January 2017
"O, whoreson slash! Thou unnecessary character!"
- Shakespeare, As You Lick It, I, iii
The slash ( / ), also known as the virgule, has several uses, most of which (sayeth the punctuation guide) one should avoid in formal writing.
Never use it when you mean “or”. If you need to convey that conjunction, use it: It doesn’t take up much space and no-one will mind.
On the subject of conjunctions, never, ever , ever use the expression and/or.
There’s just one Slash that looks good in public, and he’s in Guns ’n’ Roses<ref>The Guns ’N’ Roses guitarist first earned the nickname which became is stage-name in his freshman year at Stamford Law School. His real name is Virgule Hudson.
