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What’s a syntax?

A tithe.
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My English teacher asked me what I knew about syntax.

"I never knew part of my earnings were dedicated to wrongdoings."
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There are 11 types of errors when programming directly in binary...

Syntax errors,

Memory management errors,

Math errors, and

Off-by-one errors.

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My friends confused the way I speak with the money I pay for my minor crimes

But anyway, syntax is sin tax
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No! It crashed again...

Roses are red;

Violets are blue

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ERROR: Invalid syntax on line 2
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This joke may contain profanity. 🤔

The difference between "Let's eat out, Grandma!" and "Let's eat out Grandma!" is a comma. Don't let unnecessary punctuation rob Grandma of a potentially fulfilling sexual experience....

There should be a 3% syntax on jokes like these.

What is it called when a programmer goes to hell?

Syntax.
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There are two kinds of people. Those who don't...

And those who follow proper syntax.
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The government has started fining its citizens for poorly worded sentences.

It’s the syntax
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I've got another example of the importance of Oxford commas:

I passed a headstone the other day which read, "Here lies Tyler Goetz, a lawyer and a good man."

 

I just can't believe the three of them agreed on such ambiguous syntax.
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I met this man outside the street and we walk into a bar.

We had a small conversation. Then he brought up writing as the topic.

He said: "I want to write stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation, and anger!"

I went out of the bar after my drink. Two week...
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There are only two certain things in computer programming life...

death and syntax (end).
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An IT consultant is fixing KFC's website.

While editing the code, he noticed a line that simply said, "KFC RULES" with improper syntax, which caused the site to crash. When he asked who wrote the code, he was told that Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC, was the one responsible.

The IT guy responded, "That's what I call a Colonel Er...
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