# Just checking that I know how to do strikethroughs.

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**Created:** [September 14, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-that-i-know-how-to-do-strikethroughs/372699 "2006-09-14T15:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-that-i-know-how-to-do-strikethroughs/372699/1 "2006-09-14T15:45:08Z")

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[del]  
There’s no way I can be trusted with this power. I mean, anybody who reads my GD posts knows I’m a jerk.  
[/del]

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-checking-that-i-know-how-to-do-strikethroughs/372699/2 "2006-09-14T23:15:35Z")

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> [@Skald the Rhymer](#):
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> [del]  
> There’s no way I can be trusted with this power. I mean, anybody who reads my GD posts knows I’m a jerk.  
> [/del]

So it’s just typing {del} {/del}, but you [del]{[/del] and [del]}[/del] and instead use [and]

Hmm. On preview the strikeout through the curly braces doesn’t exactly stand out. Let’s try [del][[/del] and [del]][/del]

Cool.