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[[File:Slash.png|thumb|500px|[[Virgule Hudson]] yesterday.]]
[[File:Slash.png|thumb|500px|[[Virgule Hudson]] yesterday.]]
{{Quote|"O, whoreson [[slash]]! Thou unnecessary character!"
{{Quote|"O, whoreson [[slash]]! Thou unnecessary character!"
::Shakespeare, ''As You Lick It'', I, iii<ref>The false reference was too good to pass up. But assiduous readers will realise this is not comedy. It is ''tragedy''. The correct reference is, of course, ''King Leer'', II, ii. </ref>}}  
::Shakespeare, ''As You Lick It'', I, iii<ref>The false reference was too good to pass up — for honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugar, as it were. But assiduous readers will realise this is not comedy. It is ''tragedy''. The correct reference is, of course, ''King Edward Lear'', II, ii. </ref>}}  


The [[slash]] ( [[/]] ), also known as the '''virgule''', has several uses, most of which (sayeth the [http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/slash. punctuation guide]) one should avoid in formal writing.
The [[slash]] ( [[/]] ), also known as the '''virgule''', has several uses, most of which (sayeth the [http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/slash. punctuation guide]) one should avoid in formal writing.
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Odd spot: the charming American Gothic church in the ''November Rain'' video, right, was a fake, made out of the cardboard on the day. It is therefore quite easy to recreate this shot, in your local park. All you need is some cardboard, sticky tape, a silly wig and hat, and a drone with a go-pro (or in my case, an obedient child with an cameraphone on a bicycle).
Odd spot: the charming American Gothic church in the ''November Rain'' video, right, was a fake, made out of the cardboard on the day. It is therefore quite easy to recreate this shot, in your local park. All you need is some cardboard, sticky tape, a silly wig and hat, and a drone with a go-pro (or in my case, an obedient child with an cameraphone on a bicycle).


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