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  Punctuation within and without quotation marks

  by compound complex in

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  http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .

  would someone please make this link clickable?.

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  jp1692

  There IS prescriptive and descriptive ways of viewing grammar ... and politics and religion too, I suppose!

  I'm definitely a descriptivist.

  Here's another article I think you'll enjoy by one of my favorite language mavens, Harvard professor of psychology and linguist, Steven Pinker:

  • Many of the alleged rules of writing are actually superstitions

  For your edification I have excerpted a juicy tidbit:

  Though bad writing has always been with us, the rules of correct usage are the smallest part of the problem. Any competent copy editor can turn a passage that is turgid, opaque, and filled with grammatical errors into a passage that is turgid, opaque, and free of grammatical errors. Rules of usage are well worth mastering, but they pale in importance behind principles of clarity, style, coherence, and consideration for the reader.
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  Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  hypocrites!

  i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

  please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

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  ttdtt: All you have to do is Google the quotes to find them in their original document, and see for your self,

  Which quotes are those?
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  Romans 2:21,22 Matthew 23:3 and the hypocrsity of the November 2017 Broadcast!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hypocrites!

  i know we have spoken of this before, but in light of the appaling november 2017 jwdotorg broadcast, these scriptures just need to be highlighted!.

  please re-read them, and tell me if they don't apply to the society !?!.

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  jp1692

  SBF: Maybe it was the last ever broadcast and they felt like going out with an ironic bang.

  If only ...
  
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  Punctuation within and without quotation marks

  by compound complex in

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  http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp .

  would someone please make this link clickable?.

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  jp1692

  Hi CoCo!

  I saw this article and thought of you and some of our recent conversations:

  • 10 grammar rules you can forget: how to stop worrying and write proper
    

  Of course it's by a British writer and language geek, but he does discuss some of the differences between American and British English, both with formal and informal writing.

  Enjoy!

  jp
  
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  "Each a glimpse and gone for ever"

  by compound complex in

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  here is a cart run away in the road.

  lumping along with a man and load.

  and here is a mill and there is a river:.

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  jp1692

  Life is like that, a fleeting series of images and other sensations: sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings--both physical and emotional.

  Some are beautiful, others painful. Most are quite mundane and ordinary in most ways, but all are quite extraordinary when one comes to know more about the biological and electro-chemical processes involved in our sensations and cognitive processing of the vast amount of information that comes into our brains moment by moment.

  It is truly astounding.

  Stevenson expressed it simply yet eloquently.

  Thanks for sharing.

  jp
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  Do you or did you experience too much intrusion into your personal life by the elders in your congregation?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i ask this question because i have personally experienced first hand the control and intrusion into my personal life by the elders at our hall; and for virtually trivial things or non issues!

  what's more, i regularly hear of individuals moving to other halls because they were stumbled by the thought police....er, i mean these elders.. have you had any such experience?

  have your elders been a bit ott over trivialities?.

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  This is absolutely a major problem with this religion. If you're not careful and stand up for yourself, the elders can ruin families.

  Here's an old post on the subject that you might appreciate:

  • Relationship Issues: Boundaries, Freedom of Choice and Codependency
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  Tight Pants Tony and the 1st international broadcast started a chain reaction that woke up an uber pioneer

  by Bad_Wolf in

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  hopefully more are on the same path.

  here is the story..... this person i know was the model jw, and them and their spouse could have really moved up.

  they knew i was gone and awhile ago started asking me questions.

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  If God has nothing better to do than worry about the fit of my pants or the color of my socks then I'm not interested.

  Thanks Tony, you've helped countless people see just how incompetent you really are!
  
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  Is The Delusional Governing Body Geting More Delusional?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  as these last days linger on and the end never comes, and more and more people leave the grips of the watchtower indoctrination machine, and it's financial situation gets worse and worse, i think we should expect the gb decision maker to become more and more delusional from the stresses of running a rapidly failing business.. https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/delusional-disorder.

  delusional disorder is a rare condition and difficult to study; as a result, it is not widely discussed in clinical research.

  while the cause is unknown, some studies suggest that people develop delusions as a way to manage extreme stress or deal with a history of trauma.

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  By the way, there are two ts in “getting.”

  It was surprising how many sources I had to consult to know if it was “ts” or “t’s” or “Ts.”

  But there was no disagreement about the word “getting.” You spelled it wrong.
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  New Light

  by Lost in the fog in

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  am i the only one who can't reconcile new light with the light gets brighter?

  if it matters at all.

  i bring a candle into my house and light it.

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  You’re not the only one.

  Why do you think we are here?
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  Is The Delusional Governing Body Geting More Delusional?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  as these last days linger on and the end never comes, and more and more people leave the grips of the watchtower indoctrination machine, and it's financial situation gets worse and worse, i think we should expect the gb decision maker to become more and more delusional from the stresses of running a rapidly failing business.. https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/delusional-disorder.

  delusional disorder is a rare condition and difficult to study; as a result, it is not widely discussed in clinical research.

  while the cause is unknown, some studies suggest that people develop delusions as a way to manage extreme stress or deal with a history of trauma.

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  jp1692

  BBW, good exposition should be no more than 15-20% quotes. The majority should be your analysis and commentary.

  You’re getting better, but you’ve still a ways to go.

  Check out this handout from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:

  • Quotations

  It will make you a better writer.