The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.

'Brandi's father owns a number of radio stations across the country.' He smiled. 'Beware of women whose first names are potable.' 'I'll keep it in mind.' 'Actually, her real name is Brenda. She was named after Brenda Marshall, who was an actress in the forties. Apparently, my father-in-law was a huge fan.'

When it came to his turn to mention Sir John Sparkle, he represented him as a man of an immense estate and narrow disposition, who mewed up his only child, a fine young lady, from the conversation of mankind, under the strict watch and inspection of an old governante […].

Many ways exist to solve the particular solution. These include the method of undetermined coefficients, variation of parameters, annihilator methods, Laplace transform methods, and numerical methods.