this is such an important issue, more and more people are succumbing to what must be some viral outbreak wreaking havoc in the world.. i'm talking about unnecessary punctuation.. it's easy to become infected.
you want to write something and add some emphasis so you add an exclamation mark to make it "important!
" but dang, it's not important enough is it??
You're welcome, LV101!
The retired teachers and professor of English and creative writing enjoy the class I lead (led?).
One of my greatest joys is teaching language arts to a pre-teen student with learning disabilities; she has been evaluated and tests in at 130-plus IQ. An entire team of educators is working with her. When she talks, one is hearing a "professor" explain in explicit detail this or that scientific matter of great consequence, IHHO.
this is such an important issue, more and more people are succumbing to what must be some viral outbreak wreaking havoc in the world.. i'm talking about unnecessary punctuation.. it's easy to become infected.
you want to write something and add some emphasis so you add an exclamation mark to make it "important!
" but dang, it's not important enough is it??
Thanks, Steve and LV101, for your comments.
Since this is my profession, I will chime in with a link that has drawn no little interest:
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/239701/more-on-punctuation
Note that the title reads out loud as "Moron Punctuation." ('Moron Punctuation'. [Brit.])
As already mentioned by other posters, there is an absolute distinction between American English and British English punctuation, e.g., the use of single ("inverted commas," I recall) and double quotation marks and placement of periods and commas within or without close of quotation marks. When editing, I make this distinction in punctuation, depending upon what side of the pond my client lives and writes . . .
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this is such an important issue, more and more people are succumbing to what must be some viral outbreak wreaking havoc in the world.. i'm talking about unnecessary punctuation.. it's easy to become infected.
you want to write something and add some emphasis so you add an exclamation mark to make it "important!
" but dang, it's not important enough is it??
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/oxford-comma-maine.html
Feb. 9, 2018
Ending a case that electrified punctuation pedants, grammar goons and comma connoisseurs, Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute with its drivers that hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in state law.
The dairy company in Portland, Me., agreed to pay $5 million to the drivers, according to court documents filed on Thursday.
The relatively small-scale dispute gained international notoriety last year when the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the missing comma created enough uncertainty to side with the drivers, granting those who love the Oxford comma a chance to run a victory lap across the internet.
But the resolution means there will be no ruling from the land’s highest courts on whether the Oxford comma — the often-skipped second comma in a series like “A, B, and C” — is an unnecessary nuisance or a sacred defender of clarity, as its fans and detractors endlessly debate. (In most cases, The Times stylebook discourages the serial comma, often called the Oxford comma because it was traditionally used by the Oxford University Press.)
today i awoke from dreams of nocturnal flight,.
hoping they might take me through the day and.
lift me skyward, though now fully awake.. e'er a child at heart and full of hope, i left my perch.
Today I awoke from dreams of nocturnal flight,
Hoping they might take me through the day and
Lift me skyward, though now fully awake.
E'er a child at heart and full of hope, I left my perch
And begged Icarus that he should hear my plea to
Enter that realm where once he briefly sailed.
Head bowed, I spoke my heart, cast my eyes toward
The eternal sun and lifted off an earth that gave way
To a boy who dared dream what could not be . . .
why do jws insist on still quoting from the old testament to back up some of their wacky ideas?
such as on blood, beards, abortion, tattoos, etc.
surely if the mosaic law code was nailed to the torture stake all of its parts were cancelled.
You're welcome, myelaine!
why do jws insist on still quoting from the old testament to back up some of their wacky ideas?
such as on blood, beards, abortion, tattoos, etc.
surely if the mosaic law code was nailed to the torture stake all of its parts were cancelled.
In response to EverApostate . . .
The Old Testament, on multiple occasions, specifies that gods law mentioned there is to time indefinite.
How can Jesus void or change it? Isn't he the greatest apostate and rebel then?
Someone please clarify.
Frequently, we interchange words that are similar in meaning, although there are distinctions. For example, "continually" means off and on, whereas "continuously" means nonstop; hence, "continual rain" is intermittent showers, and "continuous rain" is precipitation with no letup. My thinking is that a time period currently viewed as indefinite might still have a terminating point; however, something that is stated as forever is unending.
Time Indefinite:
not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number. not clearly defined or determined; not precise or exact: an indefinite boundary; anindefinite date in the future.
Forever:
i hope you're not dealing with wildfires in your area.
currently, california is under siege.
we, in the sierra nevada foothills, had our major conflagration last october and needed to evacuate.
An image taken from the International Space Station showing smoke from the Carr and Ferguson Fires in California.CreditAlexander Gerst/NASA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
i hope you're not dealing with wildfires in your area.
currently, california is under siege.
we, in the sierra nevada foothills, had our major conflagration last october and needed to evacuate.
i hope you're not dealing with wildfires in your area.
currently, california is under siege.
we, in the sierra nevada foothills, had our major conflagration last october and needed to evacuate.
Yes, LV101, regarding the effect on our bodies. Even brief pooch walks have proven difficult. Wishing you and yours well, and Bill, too.
Many thanks, again.
i hope you're not dealing with wildfires in your area.
currently, california is under siege.
we, in the sierra nevada foothills, had our major conflagration last october and needed to evacuate.
Once again, I thank you, Bill and LV101, for your updates.
Bill mentioned manzanita in both his posts, if I recall correctly. There's a ton of it here in areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills, much of it very close to home. It is beautiful but extremely flammable.
