Every once in a while, one stumbles upon something that is priceless and said so eloquently that it needs to be shared. James Barker, creator of SearchMaster, has written so beautifully on the topic most dear to my heart that I simply have to reprint it here. Please give thought to the concept he presents here. Argue your point; stand …
Greetings from WA State
This is one beautiful place. I am looking forward to seeing the WA reporters on Saturday for a second time this year! After “yes” and “no,” we need to use a comma when the words after the “yes” or “no” echo the words of the question. …Q Did you see him later in the evening? … A Yes, I did. …
Making “Yes” and “No” Plural
There are a couple of ways to make yes and no plural: …yeses and noes… …yes’s and no’s… I personally don’t like the look of noes because I think it looks like a misspelled word — maybe nose misspelled. So I would go with the forms that have the apostrophe. No matter which of the forms you choose, you need …
Transcribing the Email Address
Well, it was quite a week. We flew to West VA on Monday, where the leaves have started to turn — beautiful drive to and from Pittsburgh. Tuesday was a great day with a great group, and they survived seven hours of punctuation! We had a great time. Back to L.A. on Wednesday and off to Palm Desert on Thursday …
West Virginia, it was great! PS, CCRA, here we come!
I just want to thank West VA reporters for a great time! We had fun and did punctuation all day long! Palm Springs, CCRA, here we come. I am looking forward to seeing many old friends. Happy punctuating! Margie
The Idea of Two Commas or No Commas
I think some of us have gotten the wrong idea about this concept of “two or none.” There are many, many places where one single separating is perfectly correct. …If you call tomorrow, I will be here to chat. …She was an arrogant, conceited person. …We moved to Houston, Texas. One comma separates sentence elements. When we talk about “two …
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