Quotation marks make all the difference

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Robert — 12/21/2012 1:30:21 AM (archived)

Try the phrase with quotes around it: '"drive by shooting in miami"'. You'll get 76,200 hits.

Without the quotes, you got every hit for the phrase, plus every hit for each subphrase, plus every hit for the individual words.

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Making it up, eh? And you two, of all people, are going to call me on it? - ER - 12/21/2012 12:04:54 AM
- It only took one person and the invective got quite personal. - bowser - 12/22/2012 6:27:34 AM
  - Would you like to name the name? - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 2:41:07 PM
    - Not being shy, and not wanting to hurt any feelings, - - - - bowser - 12/22/2012 3:02:02 PM
      - Let's be honest... - SDAI-Tech - 12/22/2012 11:41:57 PM
      - Just sayin' - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 3:15:23 PM
        
        I'm not sure what is going on here, and I'm uncomfortable with it. - bowser - 12/22/2012 5:31:58 PM
        
        Um. - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 7:41:37 PM
        
        "Stalking?" "Hijacking?" - TB - 12/22/2012 6:03:21 PM
        
        I take exception to the 'looney progressives" characterization. - MaryAnne - 12/22/2012 8:48:28 PM
        
        Re: I take exception to the 'looney progressives" characterization. - TB - 12/22/2012 10:28:10 PM
- Your threat of departure is apparently happening at the same time as a return of a number of exceptional zoners. - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2012 3:38:25 AM
  - Re: Your threat of departure is apparently happening at the same time as a return of a number of exceptional zoners. - TB - 12/22/2012 3:40:31 AM
    - I don't get the analogy...? - BuckGalaxy - 12/22/2012 7:15:44 AM
- Re: Making it up, eh? And you two, of all people, are going to call me on it? - Jody - 12/21/2012 3:12:04 PM
- C'mon ER - RobVG - 12/21/2012 4:12:28 AM
  - Is that a tennis reference?? Here??? - mcfly - 12/21/2012 12:08:10 PM
    - Can't have zero love in tennis - Tony - 12/21/2012 6:43:15 PM
      - Tony?? - mcfly - 12/21/2012 8:48:59 PM
        
        Could be - Tony - 12/25/2012 4:43:09 AM
- Most of us really enjoy the way you demolish their BS so thoroughly. - BuckGalaxy - 12/21/2012 3:56:42 AM
  - And... - mcfly - 12/21/2012 12:28:42 PM
- Just follow the NRA's advice, ER... - mcfly - 12/21/2012 3:40:14 AM
- Quotation marks make all the difference - Robert - 12/21/2012 1:30:21 AM
  - Re: Quotation marks make all the difference - TB - 12/21/2012 2:47:25 AM
- Do you guys just flip a coin to choose between Flame and CurrentVents? - Robert - 12/21/2012 1:26:39 AM
  - Re: Do you guys just flip a coin to choose between Flame and CurrentVents? - TB - 12/21/2012 2:46:06 AM
  - Re: Do you guys just flip a coin to choose between Flame and CurrentVents? - Jody - 12/21/2012 1:36:36 AM
- So, is it still always like this, or is this a special party because I came back? - MaryAnne - 12/21/2012 12:16:07 AM
  - You're really back? - RobVG - 12/21/2012 4:32:14 AM
    - Seems so. - MaryAnne - 12/21/2012 5:41:51 PM
      - You lack nothing, Mary Anne - mcfly - 12/21/2012 8:53:10 PM
  - Calling someone a liar often triggers an emotional response. - alcaray - 12/21/2012 4:00:17 AM
    - Re: Calling someone a liar often triggers an emotional response. - TB - 12/21/2012 2:37:38 PM
      - Calling someone a liar has nothing to do with what the callee knows. - alcaray - 12/21/2012 8:00:43 PM
      - Not using the noun, no. "Making stuff up" is untruthful behavior. - MaryAnne - 12/21/2012 5:40:08 PM
        
        Interpretation: - TB - 12/21/2012 5:58:29 PM
        
        Presenting conflicting evidence is the right way to do it. - alcaray - 12/21/2012 8:04:24 PM
        
        At some point, "conflicting evidence" has to be sorted out to eliminate the conflict. - TB - 12/21/2012 8:15:18 PM
        
        Well sure. But the discussion is really about something else. - alcaray - 12/21/2012 9:57:46 PM
        
        Probably different bodies of knowledge, tempered by different life experiences. - MaryAnne - 12/21/2012 6:13:32 PM
  - Not always. - TB - 12/21/2012 1:18:08 AM

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