tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post37827212372297008..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Extremely minor pointEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-73513363078970159212009-10-26T13:25:33.898-05:002009-10-26T13:25:33.898-05:00I want a badge too. Insert wide inoocent eyes look...I want a badge too. Insert wide inoocent eyes looking on with adoration. LOL. I love this post and now that my husband has started college English, he has come to appreciate it even more. However, his prof loves the emdash and semicolons! sigh. His prof also doesn't believe in personal voice. He likes short and sweet, which can be useful, but at least half the time, it changes the voice of the piece.<br /><br />His eyes used to glaze over right away. Now it takes a few minutes. :D I'll recruit him to this blog, yet. .Leonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11786326364037397675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-58957395102347032332009-10-14T09:09:33.843-05:002009-10-14T09:09:33.843-05:00Mystery Robin-
Run! Run for your life!Mystery Robin-<br /> <br />Run! Run for your life!Patience-pleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262203054740351060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-8124723366541835432009-10-13T19:08:21.918-05:002009-10-13T19:08:21.918-05:00Unless the writer's editor asked them to remov...Unless the writer's editor asked them to remove all the LY words . . . <br /><br />LOL<br />G.Genella deGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129942813842907408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-43590185946114862312009-10-13T17:12:05.429-05:002009-10-13T17:12:05.429-05:00Murph, I have a GREAT "ironical" referen...Murph, I have a GREAT "ironical" reference I'm going to post about. Yes. I spend all day thinking, "Hmm. That might make a good blog post." It's very sad.<br /><br />AC, yes, I did think that it was maybe significant that Twain is really Clemens. :) Somehow that sort of amplifies the "supposedly" angle, like "Mark Twain supposedly said it, but really it was Sam Clemens." I wonder why his penname stuck and, say, Charlotte Bronte's didn't-- but you know, I can't even think of the real name of George Eliot (Marian Evans?), so THAT penname really did stick.<br /><br />I wonder if "Mark Twain" felt like a different person than "Samuel Clemens." Wait. I think Stephen King wrote a book dealing with a penname with its own personality... :)<br /><br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-63921197906295790852009-10-13T16:51:27.469-05:002009-10-13T16:51:27.469-05:00Alicia,
Extremely major point. And really, I'...Alicia,<br /><br />Extremely major point. And really, I'm not trying to be difficult, but (you know I am, so why deny it, right? :D) I need a big shiny trophy with glitter and sparkly diamonds and everything, because a grammar merit badge? I’m afraid that ain't gonna cut it for me. I’ve worked too hard. Given up so much (insert sigh here over the loss of my stacked adjectives) I definitely deserve more than a little badge. <br /> <br />This was a great post, but kind of scary. Tell me, do you live inside that grammar correct mind of yours all day long, or do you take the occasional break? I have visions of you redlining your T.V screen when the news guy butchers his report. <br /><br />Murphy:DRiley Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15817930302085699222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-41222619154990615172009-10-13T16:29:08.184-05:002009-10-13T16:29:08.184-05:00AC, I may be dense (probably am, actually - my wif...AC, I may be dense (probably am, actually - my wife claims it's true), but I don't see what effect using a pseudonym rather than the person's legal name would have on the grammar analysis that Alicia made. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", after all.Dave Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773380114295267509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-38451880907653255732009-10-13T15:44:01.763-05:002009-10-13T15:44:01.763-05:00Really really minor point.
Mark Twain is a pen na...Really really minor point.<br /><br />Mark Twain is a pen name.<br /><br />Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the author behind that pseudonym.<br /><br />Don't know if that changes the above analysis - though with creativity I'm sure it could.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866154992309940669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-87294755887710828142009-10-13T11:40:23.233-05:002009-10-13T11:40:23.233-05:00We really ought to have merit badges for grammaria...We really ought to have merit badges for grammarians, shouldn't we.Edittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-23271279714693316572009-10-13T11:22:56.724-05:002009-10-13T11:22:56.724-05:00I agree with Jami, I'm beginning to understand...I agree with Jami, I'm beginning to understand these analyses.<br /><br />Thanks for bringing us along.Weshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077791761104576436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-12919042742682224192009-10-13T10:47:54.138-05:002009-10-13T10:47:54.138-05:00I love these kind of posts. It's not minor, it...I love these kind of posts. It's not minor, it's what makes the English language strong! Thank you!Robin Lemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254896327174187893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-12886499880977805432009-10-13T10:02:57.086-05:002009-10-13T10:02:57.086-05:00Alicia,
You have completely corrupted me. Instea...Alicia,<br /><br />You have completely corrupted me. Instead of reading this post with my eyes glazing over, I now read this analysis and think it's a thing of beauty. LOL!<br /><br />Do a get an honorary "grammar nerd" badge now or something? :)<br /><br />Jami G.Jami Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957122956518765455noreply@blogger.com