# Practice makes perfect

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730>\
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**Created:** [February 9, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730 "2006-02-09T20:21:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/1 "2006-02-09T20:21:50Z")

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This is a practice. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/2 "2006-02-09T20:26:41Z")

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> [@rainwalker78](#):
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> This is a practice. Thanks

Perfect!

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/3 "2006-02-09T20:30:18Z")

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> [@rainwalker78](#):
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> This is a practice. Thanks

Ah, you missed a punctuation mark at the end of your second sentence. Try again.

😃

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/4 "2006-02-09T22:25:06Z")

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Practice makes permanent.

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**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/5 "2006-02-09T22:48:21Z")

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perfect, then?

Bob

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/6 "2006-02-10T03:22:08Z")

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Do prefects practice perfection?

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**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/7 "2006-02-10T04:08:39Z")

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> [@Governor Quinn](#):
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> Do prefects practice perfection?

No, prefects would practice prefection.

Bob

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**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/8 "2006-02-10T15:28:27Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> Ah, you missed a punctuation mark at the end of your second sentence. Try again.
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> 😃

I couldn’t decide which one to use\<_\> so I decided to let you pick as you read\<_\> In the future, I will use \<_\> to indicate variable puncuation\<_\>

Thanks\<\*\>

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practice-makes-perfect/343730/9 "2006-02-10T19:30:41Z")

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> [@rainwalker78](#):
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> I couldn’t decide which one to use\<_\> so I decided to let you pick as you read\<_\> In the future, I will use \<_\> to indicate variable puncuation\<_\>
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> Thanks\<\*\>

One of us \<_\> One of us \<_\>