08-12-2004, 02:59 AM | #21 |
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*Ponders whether she feels like leaving inopportune apostrophes everywhere just to p'off Khamul*
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08-12-2004, 03:56 AM | #22 |
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Good idea, Beard of Pants.
--Edited by Khamûl
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08-12-2004, 05:37 AM | #23 |
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I actually bought this book and am in the process of reading it.
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08-13-2004, 01:04 AM | #24 | |
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08-16-2004, 03:55 PM | #25 |
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Just saw the book in a bookshop. You guys make it sound quite interesting. But I think I'll wait for the paper back edition (summer taxed heavily on my allowance )
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09-13-2004, 10:57 PM | #26 |
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I have been waiting to read this book for a while now. As soon as the library got it, it was checked out. I tried to share my frustation with my mom, but when I told her I wanted to read a book about punctuation, she just gave me one of those "Oh my gosh. Who raised my daughter?" looks.
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09-30-2004, 08:29 AM | #27 |
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I adore this book. The incorrect usage of "its" and "it's" drives me nuts.
One of the funniest bits in there for me was when she gave examples of misused question marks? Just adding them to statements? I laughed so hard? And I am glad that there are others out there addicted to semicolon use. |
10-01-2004, 05:44 PM | #28 |
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I'm taking a class for my journalism major and the professor told us to never use semicolons. Unless you're doing a list of places, they should be avoided in journalism. He said that they make the reader pause unnecessarily, and that you should just start a new sentence. I suppose that makes sense to me, and if that's what I have to do in there to get an A, I'll do it.
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10-26-2004, 02:38 AM | #29 |
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I got the book free. Aren't I evilly lucky?
My dad's friend's mom's husband (who isn't my dad's friend's dad because he is my dad's friend's mom's third husband and they just call him Mike) sent it to me because he takes an odd interest in sending me odd books from time to time because he likes that I have read Bastiat. Long story. I adored it. I think it was the dry, British humor which made me not mind that the lady is a stickler when I am a soft hearted little thing who generally tries to ignore bad usage because when I correct people they look at me funny. |
10-26-2004, 10:14 PM | #30 |
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I plan to get my hands on a copy. I've read some interesting commentary.
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10-27-2004, 02:24 AM | #31 |
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Let's all admit our puncuations weaknesses.
Mine is .. . . . . . . I love to. . . Every sentence gets a . . . |
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves
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So, whats the rule of using apostrophes? I thought a singular was 's and a plural was s'.
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05-12-2005, 03:47 PM | #33 |
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I haven't read this, but i must; it sounds hilarious!
In tutorial at college today, we had to (for 'wider key skills') correct an essay, for such things, and one of the common errors in it was have'nt, which is something i get slightly, or very rather, annoyed at!! oh, by the way khamul, its a very nice day to read book's by the seasides' edge's |
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