tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post4019326524313783657..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: PSA and RantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-31431774401945978482017-11-28T22:39:19.522-06:002017-11-28T22:39:19.522-06:00Commas are tricky, but getting rid of them isn'...Commas are tricky, but getting rid of them isn't the cure. Sheesh.<br /><br />A favorite typo in town is the sign that says "Churh" instead of Church. Can't remember which church, which is probably just as well.Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-6090066770556492162017-11-28T08:47:56.911-06:002017-11-28T08:47:56.911-06:00I'm amazed at the current crop. I asked someon...I'm amazed at the current crop. I asked someone once--who has a masters--if she could diagram the sentence she wrote. She just looked at me, blinking, deer in headlights. She could barely name the parts of speech. I asked who wrote her thesis and she got all offended. She had to pay huge bucks to an editor to correct all the grammar problems. When I went through high school English, a dangling participle or a split infinitive was an automatic F. As a wordsmith, yeah, I make typos. "It's" for "its" is one of my bugaboos. But I do my best to fix them all. When I see so-called professional journalists make those kind of mistakes (and worse), I gnash my teeth. *sigh* What's the world coming to? *shakes fist and yells "Get offa my lawn!"* ;)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com