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Offline TxSkyBolt

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Stop Comma Abuse
« on: February 05, 2011, 07:01:16 PM »
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2011, 10:43:19 PM »
Quite a long time ago, I had an English teacher, who told us to not get commatitis.  Certainly, that could never happen, to me.
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Offline Andrew McCarthy

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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2011, 11:33:28 PM »
Al, that guy who posts on here, often, I've noticed, uses many, many commas, whether they are needed, or, not.   ;D
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2011, 07:35:30 AM »
I teach 7th grade English and the phrase I use is, "When in doubt, leave them out." I like the word commatitis too. Although I will say I hate teaching that commas insert a pause. While partially true, there are many other reasons to use a comma.
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Offline AlUpstateNY

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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2011, 11:22:14 AM »
Quote from: Andrew McCarthy on February 05, 2011, 11:33:28 PM
Al, that guy who posts on here, often, I've noticed, uses many, many commas, whether they are needed, or, not.   ;D

I plead guilty.  However, the captioned article suggests, "Some writers can tell where a comma is needed by reading their prose aloud and inserting a comma where there seems to be a clear pause in the sentence. This may work much of the time if you read the sentence carefully and accurately. However, this procedure is not the most precise way to approach comma usage.", so maybe you're just reading too fast.

A recent review of "Things I could do better" places "using too many commas" somwhere in the middle of page 8, although I'll continue trying to improve.
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LarryW60

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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2011, 02:04:49 PM »
Don't let these punctuation Nazis read the U.S. Constitution.  They'd suffer apoplexia from all the commas.  Ditto the Declaration of Independence.
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2011, 06:39:45 PM »
In High School the "Senior English" or college English class was taught by a lady who was also the Honor Society sponsor.

When she called the role students had to stand and recite a comma rule or be counted absent. Glad she retired my junior year.  ;D
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2011, 11:25:25 AM »
Didn't Boy George have a song about Al?  I think it went like:  Comma, Comma, Comma, Chameleon......... ;D
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2011, 01:11:06 PM »
Quote from: LAZebra on February 08, 2011, 11:25:25 AM
Didn't Boy George have a song about Al?  I think it went like:  Comma, Comma, Comma, Chameleon......... ;D
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Re: Stop Comma Abuse
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2011, 03:01:40 PM »
Wow, I thought this was going to be about illegal helmet contact
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