tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post3665769936028917264..comments2024-03-11T22:54:06.514+00:00Comments on Wordsmithing: Come'on! Commas: Where don't they go?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-78927030994492657312010-09-07T00:34:35.154+01:002010-09-07T00:34:35.154+01:00Hi Waving
I was twelve when I fist suggested that ...Hi Waving<br />I was twelve when I fist suggested that I didn't know what a comma was. What is a comma? Shape, form, function: it has them all, but, really, what is a comma?<br />Do you think he meant it that way? That boy is an existentialist thinker ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-62418563332975867252010-09-06T14:22:03.492+01:002010-09-06T14:22:03.492+01:00What of the 12 year old who said to me in class th...What of the 12 year old who said to me in class the other day, and I quote:<br /><br />'I don't know what a comma is ...'<br /><br />This person hasn't even got to the problem you speak of, poor thing.A misinterpreted wavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567793709692182136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-51345124176633536372010-09-06T07:52:13.098+01:002010-09-06T07:52:13.098+01:00Hi Charmaine
I read back over sentences, where com...Hi Charmaine<br />I read back over sentences, where commas separate the clauses, and wonder where the heck I thought I was going! ;:<br /><br />Hanna<br />I vacillate when it comes to Gertrude, sometimes when I read the paragraph,often when I'm tired, by the time I get to the end of it I find it makes no sense at all!<br /><br />Hi Medeia<br />Isn't it odd how differently the same sentence reads, when you return to it later? I've re-read, re-ordered and re-comma-ed sentences multiple times, without ever changing a word.;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-73316230406430741372010-09-06T05:29:15.673+01:002010-09-06T05:29:15.673+01:00I overuse commas. Sometimes I have a love-hate re...I overuse commas. Sometimes I have a love-hate relationship with them. I'll delete, add, delete them in the same sentence. I can't make up my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-4669643129125022442010-09-06T04:22:12.854+01:002010-09-06T04:22:12.854+01:00I like this a lot. I'm guilty of comma-overus...I like this a lot. I'm guilty of comma-overuse, but I think Gertrude Stein nails it merely by demonstrating why they are unnecessary. Great post, Elaine!Hanna C. Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03881224275689807056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-49955821834694551392010-09-06T02:06:08.490+01:002010-09-06T02:06:08.490+01:00I sometimes like the comma, for sentences you want...I sometimes like the comma, for sentences you want to be winding, when you want to contradict the first part of a sentence, and, for list items. But, I agree whenever possible you should just tighten the sentence. :-)Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-32572421832450446822010-09-06T01:37:54.231+01:002010-09-06T01:37:54.231+01:00Hi Manzanita
Thanks for stopping by and following...Hi Manzanita <br />Thanks for stopping by and following.<br />Always great to have guests around. ;)<br />Duck, fine. Geese and swans? SPAWN!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-90520718333038656572010-09-06T01:14:05.831+01:002010-09-06T01:14:05.831+01:00Hi Elaine,
I came over by way of Karen's B...Hi Elaine,<br /> I came over by way of Karen's BBQ, <br /> Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Only the comma knows. <br />A new follower.<br />Manzanita<br />Wanna buy a duckManzanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467261212623663365noreply@blogger.com