Hi Pablo, What I use the most when Googling English sentences is the quotation marks and the asterisk...:) About the question mark, yeah, I agreed with you, it make no sense when it appeared alone.
Here is an experience I had today: I try looking for the use of the pattern: "less...less...", so I searched for ""less * less * "" , look one of what I find: "less stodge, less podge"... "stodge" even rhymes with "podge"...Funny saying! Best Wishes, Rui 2009/12/16 Pablo <[email protected]> > Good reminder, than you! Usually I only use one wildcard. And about > the "?" symbol, I think it has no use. > > Regards, > > Pablo > > On Dec 15, 1:28 am, Rui <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi ALL! > > > > How's everything? Wow, I feel good that this is the first time to post > > a new topic here! Even though I am pretty sure what I am going to talk > > about is no stranger to most of you. I am here trying to share my > > experience of using wildcard on Google to find example English > > sentences to help me improve my English skills! > > > > The wildcard character "?" and "*" are widely used nowadays. For > > Google, I have no clue the way the "?" has been treated, but I know > > for sure the "*" has been used as a substitute for one or more words > > in Google's search. Be carefull, here the "*" don't represent a > > character or more than one character(a string of characters) as it > > usually does. > > > > You can go to the following link to get more details and examples! > > "http://google.about.com/od/googlepowersearches/qt/wildcardqt.htm"; > > > > Good luck! > > > > Rui > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
