Posted by Els on 04/11/06 11:28

dorayme wrote:

> 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?

I didn't mention any 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!

Good <g>

> 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)

Of course(,) there's always a flaw. ;-)

Learned something new though, namely that the rules for commas are the
same as in Dutch, while I previously figured they were different.

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