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Old 01-12-2021, 07:00 PM   #18 (permalink)
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That's because you are oblivious to Internet culture. It's the law. Cunningham's Law.
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Sherlock Holmes has been known to use the principle at times (for example, in The Sign of the Four.[3]) In "Duty Calls," xkcd references a similar concept.[4]
I can post XKCD again, if it would help.

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Declarative, interrogative, and imperative statements ...
https://grammar.collinsdictionary.co...ive-statements
Each sentence in English provides some type of information. For example, a sentence can be a statement, a question, a request, a command, a denial or a response, etc. In English the choice and order of the parts of a sentence help us express these meanings....
'perforating a boxed cavity seems counterproductive'

Okay by me if you just let the personal attacks go.
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