"less stodge, less podge". hmmm... That's very funny. It must be some sentence written by American
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
