# Requiring real phrases

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/requiring-real-phrases/74504>\
**Category:** meta\
**Created:** [December 29, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/requiring-real-phrases/74504 "2004-12-29T21:01:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/requiring-real-phrases/74504/1 "2004-12-29T21:01:41Z")

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I think each post should be required to have at least one period, or at the least require it of the first post in each thread.

I could be accused of this. It’d keep things rational, making it so that people don’t only use ‘!’ and they use proper english. It would make life much easier.