The Dash You Hate

Margie Wakeman WellsThe Dash 4 Comments

…The key that was hidden on the premises — is it the one you used to get in that night? “The key that was hidden on the premises” is the start of a sentence that never gets finished. Then the person comes back and uses a complete sentence with a reference to “key” with the word “it.” There is nothing …

RIP Jim Barker

Margie Wakeman WellsGeneral 11 Comments

On a personal note: It has been a very sad week for me. Jim Barker, of Searchmaster, passed away suddenly on Thursday. Jim and I interacted almost every day and have for a couple of years on his forum on FB. We shared a love of the language and an insistence that it be used and punctuated correctly. Jim was …