# Thread ban

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**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-ban/1009666 "2024-11-04T12:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-ban/1009666/40 "2024-11-05T19:29:02Z")

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> [@Do you correct people a lot? What's your motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-correct-people-a-lot-whats-your-motivation/1009660/64):
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> And I believe that _some_ people thought you were talking about me.
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> > [@Do you correct people a lot? What's your motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-correct-people-a-lot-whats-your-motivation/1009660/64):
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> > > [@Do you correct people a lot? What's your motivation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-correct-people-a-lot-whats-your-motivation/1009660/61):
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> > > “You must not start a sentence with a conjunction!”  
> > > And why not, exactly? Or is there actually a rule?
> > 
> > I see what you did there.

Your belief is almost certainly incorrect What he “did there” was to respond to the proscription with two sentences that violated the proscription. It had nothing to do with you.

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