Saturday, November 15, 2008

A lost gem - retired teacher struggles with homophones and apostrophes.

http://tampabaygrammargrinch.blogspot.com/2008/03/sptimes-writers-punctuation-gaffes.html

The comma after “system” cuts off a restrictive adverbial prepositional phrase. The statement is not from a group of actuarial experts; its from “a national expert….”

Typical. Vinegartits lets this one rip in a post titled SPTimes Writers' Punctuation Gaffes. Oh, it's so important that newspaper writers get punctuation right. Oh, we're all marching to the swamps of illiteracy.

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