I think so! They get a good sense of humor. 2009/12/16 Charles <[email protected]>
> "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 > -- 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
