Posted by dorayme on 04/11/06 01:23

In article <1x712bbluxscx$.173fdaf42oxd1$.dlg@40tude.net>,
Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:

> >> (which they shouldn't, but remembering the difference between verbs,
> >> nouns and pronouns is too complicated for some ;-) )
> >
> > It's quite normal practice,
>
> What is, not knowing the difference between a verb, noun or pronoun?

Ouch! What were _you_ saying was normal practice?

> > perhaps a little informal, but that's
> > ok, one mustn't be too stuffy...
>
> I ain't stuffy... ;-)

And nor did I think this, Els, far from it!

There is a nice book called Eats, Shoots, and Leaves on
apostrophes and commas. Got some good press over here in Oz when
it was published:

http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

(The quiz is slightly flawed, there is an interpretation of one
of the sentences that was missed... but never mind)

--
dorayme

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