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A Very Messy Sentence

This was over on FB with lots of comments and suggestions. Here is my take: That means that, if a body part is lost -- for example, in an amputation -- or if a body part if not functioning properl...
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Questions of the Day: "Because" and Email Addresses

These are two questions I have answered this morning: I hate "because" clauses. Does this get a comma? "I am not asking about conversations you had with your attorney because that's privileged. ...
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Welcome to "Margie Holds Court"

As I launch this blog, Margie Holds Court, it is my hope that it will be a place where we can share our love of this language. As I approach the winding down of my teaching career -- I started as ...