chiquita
Blueblood
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Nov 7, 2006 19:00:53 GMT -4
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Post by chiquita on Feb 3, 2014 21:52:27 GMT -4
Comma usage in general is fading, IMO. Yet another sign of the downfall of civilization. My bigger peeve: the incorrect use of reflexive pronouns.
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Gigiree
Sloane Ranger
Procrastinators Unite. . . Tomorrow.
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Jul 23, 2010 10:27:31 GMT -4
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Post by Gigiree on Feb 3, 2014 21:54:04 GMT -4
Just chiming in: it's a rule, technically, but unless the two thoughts are long and windy, I have no issue with leaving out the comma. Comma usage in general is fading, IMO. ETA: Does anyone else see the name of the thread and want to cap the I and O? --ME, too!!! There is actually an article on Slate about the future of comma usage you all might be interested in reading.
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Post by chonies on Mar 10, 2014 19:12:40 GMT -4
I'm reading the New Yorker piece about Peter Lanza, and it's an emotionally tough read, so I'm kind of distancing myself from it by picking out all the quirky in-house style elements that I normally gloss over, like their passion for the diaresis.
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Post by petitesuite on Mar 11, 2014 3:09:04 GMT -4
I was noticing the same thing in the same article, chonies--I think it was their use of it in the word 'uncoordinated' that really stood out to me.
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Post by chonies on Mar 11, 2014 9:16:16 GMT -4
I was noticing the same thing in the same article, chonies--I think it was their use of it in the word 'uncoordinated' that really stood out to me. Here's an essay about it: It's not an umlaut.Another thing was that they seem to be extremely orthodox about doubling consonants. "Focussed" was another example, and I suppose it's technically not wrong, it doesn't feel right.
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peagirl
Lady in Waiting
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May 18, 2006 12:09:10 GMT -4
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Post by peagirl on Mar 29, 2014 14:24:34 GMT -4
This isn't a critique, but more a cry for help because I'm not sure of the answer. I am editing a friend's paper, and the sentence "I chose to observe a colleague whom I have always felt to be an effective teacher" is taunting me. Is it a grammatically correct sentence? Or should 'whom' be changed to 'that', since 'colleague' is a noun; even though said noun is referring to a person? It's driving me bonkers.
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Post by chonies on Apr 1, 2014 7:47:38 GMT -4
This isn't a critique, but more a cry for help because I'm not sure of the answer. I am editing a friend's paper, and the sentence "I chose to observe a colleague whom I have always felt to be an effective teacher" is taunting me. Is it a grammatically correct sentence? Or should 'whom' be changed to 'that', since 'colleague' is a noun; even though said noun is referring to a person? It's driving me bonkers. Yes, it's correct. The colleague is the object of the sentence and whom is correct. 'That' is correct, too, but 'whom' is better because the colleague is a person and not a thing.
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peagirl
Lady in Waiting
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May 18, 2006 12:09:10 GMT -4
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Post by peagirl on Apr 1, 2014 8:03:51 GMT -4
That's what I thought. And that's what I told her. Thanks!
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Post by laurenj on Apr 2, 2014 13:05:06 GMT -4
Not that I expect to find decent writing of any kind on Yahoo (the writing on that site drives me bonkers on a daily basis), but this headline grabbed my attention in all the wrong ways:
The story in question is about a student who died when a wall collapsed on her at school. I can't think of a more insensitive way to phrase this than to call her "wall collapse death pupil." Jeez.
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Post by ladyboy on Apr 2, 2014 22:45:59 GMT -4
Add in the confusion when you read it with collapse as a verb....
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