glacieroff: LigiaB> I was aware you were joking, as the message was juicy with happy smilies
Still I explained myself, so that others know why & when I "pick on their words".
And which message exactly should I check for mistakes? The shorter one looks okay...
Maybe you mean you should have written: "I was able to use 8 emoticons and
got away with it!"
Well, I think
get is more correct, as it falls under the incidence of
was able to, together with
use, the function of the two verbs in the sentence being similar.