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slag
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:08 am
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I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
Rob Findlay |
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Skitt
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:08 am
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slag wrote:
| Quote: | I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
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See: http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
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Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/ |
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Qp10qp
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:03 pm
Post subject: Re: Commas |
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| Quote: | Subject: Commas
From: "slag" rob@robfindlay.org
I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times,
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Look commas up in the AUE Google Archive and you will find plenty of
information.
| Quote: | but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
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Even the most succinct answer to that would be far too long for a newsgroup
message.
First of all, I suggest you check through your writing to identify which types
of comma you're unsure about (you'll find that in many circumstances you are
confident and can eliminate those from your enquiries).There are several types
of commas, some easier to use than others, and there are different rules for
each - as well as many areas where decisions are subjective.There are commas in
lists, parenthetical commas, commas after an introductory phrase, etc.
We could be more helpful to you here if to start with you gave us one or two
particular instances to get our teeth into.
Peasemarch. |
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:09 am
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"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
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"When in doubt, leave it out." |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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Jess Askin wrote:
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"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
"When in doubt, leave it out."
When in doubt, ask Kilgore Trout. |
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-+Samuel Beckett, "Molloy" |
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nemo
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:04 am
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Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
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"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
"When in doubt, leave it out."
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses them, like this, |
after every phrase, in a sentence, and it looks, damned stupid, and, so does
she!!
That's how not to use them! |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:04 am
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nemo wrote:
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Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:31jngvF3bpodfU1@individual.net...
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
"When in doubt, leave it out."
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses them, like this,
after every phrase, in a sentence, and it looks, damned stupid, and, so does
she!!
That's how not to use them!
Be thankful for what you got, she could use them after every word. |
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-+Samuel Beckett, "Molloy" |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:05 am
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On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:40:32 GMT, "nemo" <nemo@newtylust.nit> wrote:
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Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:31jngvF3bpodfU1@individual.net...
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
I'm guessing that this is a subject that has been gone over a million
times, but let me do it again.
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
I never seem to know when to use them. Any help would be much
appreciated.
"When in doubt, leave it out."
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses them, like this,
after every phrase, in a sentence, and it looks, damned stupid, and, so does
she!!
That's how not to use them!
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Does... she... also... talk... like that... ... ... ...?
DC. Nurse, the screens... |
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CyberCypher
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:03 am
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R H Draney wrote on 08 Dec 2004:
| Quote: | ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' filted:
nemo wrote:
Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses
them, like this, after every phrase, in a sentence, and it
looks, damned stupid, and, so does she!!
That's how not to use them!
Be thankful for what you got, she could use them after every word.
Or worse still she could omit them and all other punctuation
entirely I've known people like that these days it seems there are
more of them than ever what with the internet and all I suspect
AOL has a hand in it as well what is the world coming to anyway
pretty soon we'll be back to pictographs which is sad there aren't
even enough buffalo around to paint pictures of any more even if
you could kill one and so many people all the walls would soon be
filled up
Gad, that's annoying even when you're the one *typing* it!...r
But it's perfectly understandable and a reasonable argument for less |
punctuation and greater command of the language so that even fewer such
marks are needed, which would automatically reduce the number of
punctuation errors.
--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. |
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Bill Bonde ( ``And the La
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R H Draney wrote:
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``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' filted:
nemo wrote:
Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:31jngvF3bpodfU1@individual.net...
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses them, like this,
after every phrase, in a sentence, and it looks, damned stupid, and, so does
she!!
That's how not to use them!
Be thankful for what you got, she could use them after every word.
Or worse still she could omit them and all other punctuation entirely I've known
people like that these days it seems there are more of them than ever what with
the internet and all I suspect AOL has a hand in it as well what is the world
coming to anyway pretty soon we'll be back to pictographs which is sad there
aren't even enough buffalo around to paint pictures of any more even if you
could kill one and so many people all the walls would soon be filled up
Usually people who do that do that without using any capital letters |
either. And there's the folks who use "it's" and "its" wrong, don' get
me started on that.
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"When my comfort was at stake, there was no trouble I would not go to."
-+Samuel Beckett, "Molloy" |
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R H Draney
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:04 am
Post subject: Re: Commas |
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``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' filted:
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nemo wrote:
Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:31jngvF3bpodfU1@individual.net...
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses them, like this,
after every phrase, in a sentence, and it looks, damned stupid, and, so does
she!!
That's how not to use them!
Be thankful for what you got, she could use them after every word.
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Or worse still she could omit them and all other punctuation entirely I've known
people like that these days it seems there are more of them than ever what with
the internet and all I suspect AOL has a hand in it as well what is the world
coming to anyway pretty soon we'll be back to pictographs which is sad there
aren't even enough buffalo around to paint pictures of any more even if you
could kill one and so many people all the walls would soon be filled up
Gad, that's annoying even when you're the one *typing* it!...r |
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:04 am
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On 07 Dec 2004, R H Draney wrote
| Quote: | ``And the Lamb lies down on Broadway'' filted:
nemo wrote:
Jess Askin <dontbother@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:31jngvF3bpodfU1@individual.net...
"slag" <rob@robfindlay.org> wrote in message
news:1102306403.125182.210740@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
What are the rules regarding comma usage?
We've got an office manager, in our Estate Office, who uses
them, like this, after every phrase, in a sentence, and it
looks, damned stupid, and, so does she!!
That's how not to use them!
Be thankful for what you got, she could use them after every
word.
Or worse still she could omit them and all other punctuation
entirely I've known people like that these days it seems there are
more of them than ever what with the internet and all I suspect
AOL has a hand in it as well what is the world coming to anyway
pretty soon we'll be back to pictographs which is sad there aren't
even enough buffalo around to paint pictures of any more even if
you could kill one and so many people all the walls would soon be
filled up
Gad, that's annoying even when you're the one *typing* it!...r
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Gertrude Stein would've admired it, though.
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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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