Re: Commas are important!
| September 18, 2018 09:30AM |
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hank Wrote:
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> Johnson Barr Wrote:
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> > Greg Scholl Wrote:
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> > > Reminds me of the postcard you would send
> > > to someone that read "Wish you were here".
> >
> >
> > IIRC, Greg -
> >
> > The full line was, "The weather is beautiful
> > – I wish you were here!"
> > Or – sometimes, "The weather is here
> > – I wish you were beautiful!"
>
> Methinks you're missing a comma on the 2nd one
> there.
> "The weather is here - I wish you were,
> beautiful."
> Commas are important and the lack of them can be
> dangerous as in:
> "Let's eat, grandma!" vs "Let's eat grandma!"
>
> hank
I don't know much about comma's but if you say so I believe it.
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> Johnson Barr Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Greg Scholl Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Reminds me of the postcard you would send
> > > to someone that read "Wish you were here".
> >
> >
> > IIRC, Greg -
> >
> > The full line was, "The weather is beautiful
> > – I wish you were here!"
> > Or – sometimes, "The weather is here
> > – I wish you were beautiful!"
>
> Methinks you're missing a comma on the 2nd one
> there.
> "The weather is here - I wish you were,
> beautiful."
> Commas are important and the lack of them can be
> dangerous as in:
> "Let's eat, grandma!" vs "Let's eat grandma!"
>
> hank
I don't know much about comma's but if you say so I believe it.
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