tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post974350524428809294..comments2023-08-04T06:26:40.308-04:00Comments on Avalon Authors: First Monday GrammarSandy Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-54111366765790170862011-03-08T15:07:02.332-05:002011-03-08T15:07:02.332-05:00I only recently met the so-called "Oxford com...I only recently met the so-called "Oxford comma", and now I hunt through all my manuscripts by searching for "and" and pondering in how far I have to add a comma before it. Thank you for your post!Beate Boekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299015488989360031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-18448607504818864972011-03-07T16:07:32.963-05:002011-03-07T16:07:32.963-05:00Informative post, Kathye. It never hurts to brush ...Informative post, Kathye. It never hurts to brush up on punctuation. Thanks!Sarita Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236262575377618259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-34938089295676670722011-03-07T12:16:11.719-05:002011-03-07T12:16:11.719-05:00Good advice, Kathye. It's been a long time sin...Good advice, Kathye. It's been a long time since I heard all this stuff in a classroom and the refresher comes in handy. You even managed to make it interesting.Sandy Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-88200133475293023812011-03-07T09:57:47.511-05:002011-03-07T09:57:47.511-05:00To me there's a difference between writing pro...To me there's a difference between writing properly for articles and for fiction. So with an article I will try to be more formal and liberally sprinkle some commas around to make it look like I know what I'm doing. But for fiction I write as grammatically correct as I can and then delete every bit of punctuation I can. The pause for breath rule probably won't win awards from English teachers but it works for me!I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.com