Petrea, you must keep looking; we Grammarians are fighting a rearguard action against the overwhelming tide of ignorance and could do with all the help we can get.
Me too, Neetzy.
Hee hee, Ms.M! I was going to point you in the direction of Unnecessary Quotes but it seems that advice is now unnecessary (see below).
Hee hee. My inner proofreader went nuts at your deliberate provocation, Petrea. Not content to leave out the punctuation, you blatantly bait me with a Websterism! I'm defenceless.
Petrea, you know full well I do (as do all English speakers - and French ones, too). Ah, Noah Webster … my nemesis. If there's an afterlife I'm going to find that man's ghost and give it such a spectral arse-kicking it'll never sit down again.
Mum, that's not how you usually refer to it. Oh, and nice use of the ellipsis, by the way.
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You two Boys you always seem to find these quotes ha ha!
I could have used that for Zen Monday. I don't know if they're getting harder to find or if I'm just not looking.
Love it.
Haha! Excellent.
Recent sign in supermarket on what appears to be a shelf of packaged rolls:
Day Old "Bread" $1.00
And just "for you"
http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/
Punctuation, mum … PUNCTUATION!
Petrea, you must keep looking; we Grammarians are fighting a rearguard action against the overwhelming tide of ignorance and could do with all the help we can get.
Me too, Neetzy.
Hee hee, Ms.M! I was going to point you in the direction of Unnecessary Quotes but it seems that advice is now unnecessary (see below).
Thank you, "Speedway".
Too busy working on housework and garden to check everything …so better just stop writing, did you know you were a bully?
Moi?
Well said Alifan
Aww, gee. Now you're ganging up on me.
poor defenseless dive
Hee hee. My inner proofreader went nuts at your deliberate provocation, Petrea. Not content to leave out the punctuation, you blatantly bait me with a Websterism! I'm defenceless.
It's the American spelling. Do you spell it "defence?"
Thank you Petrea, but I am used to his wit…
Petrea, you know full well I do (as do all English speakers - and French ones, too). Ah, Noah Webster … my nemesis. If there's an afterlife I'm going to find that man's ghost and give it such a spectral arse-kicking it'll never sit down again.
Mum, that's not how you usually refer to it. Oh, and nice use of the ellipsis, by the way.
Alifan, don't you mean to say his "wit"?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I bow to your intelligence Petrea…
I know when I'm beaten.
Now I feel like a bad person. It was gleeful while it lasted.
Please forgive me during drunken blog posts or comments...anything after 9:00 p.m. I am not responsible...
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