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Bill Sornson
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Michael Press wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Michael Press wrote:
>> {snip}
>>
>>> Using minuscule on proper names is misspelling, and
>>> ill-mannered when deliberate; except when it is one's own
>>> proper name.
>>
>> Learn the proper use of semi-colons; you ain't got it now.
>
> English usage and grammar is not a completely defined
> system. For instance, the use of the possessive mark in
> proper names and how to punctuate quotations cannot be
> universally defined. Many usages that are otherwise
> forbidden can be acceptable in particular
> circumstances; such as split infinitives. Semicolons
> are quite proper in place of a comma when the writer
> means to indicates a stronger break in the flow of a
> sentence.
You did it again. (Hint: you're "indicating a stronger break in the flow
of a sentence" where it's both unwarranted and not indicated.)
Bill "no big; deal" S.
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Bill Sornson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Michael Press wrote:
>> {snip}
>>
>>> Using minuscule on proper names is misspelling, and
>>> ill-mannered when deliberate; except when it is one's own
>>> proper name.
>>
>> Learn the proper use of semi-colons; you ain't got it now.
>
> English usage and grammar is not a completely defined
> system. For instance, the use of the possessive mark in
> proper names and how to punctuate quotations cannot be
> universally defined. Many usages that are otherwise
> forbidden can be acceptable in particular
> circumstances; such as split infinitives. Semicolons
> are quite proper in place of a comma when the writer
> means to indicates a stronger break in the flow of a
> sentence.
You did it again. (Hint: you're "indicating a stronger break in the flow
of a sentence" where it's both unwarranted and not indicated.)
Bill "no big; deal" S.