This cow wants me to cut her down!

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>Juries don’t like crooked administrators and they see through their distorted patois immediately.<

>I could make a case for a comma’s not being necessary between two short independent clauses.<

Let's look at how short these clauses are.

Juries don't like crooked administrators - 5 words (one a contraction)
... they see through their distorted patios immediately. 7 words


http://leedrurydecesarescasting-roomcouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/comment-on-board-member-griffins.html
>I would do the same for you and [COMMA FOR COMPOUND SENTENCE] I hope you can respect that.

Please call or email me and [COMMA FOR COMPOUND SENTENCE] we will talk about your experiences and suggestions.<

I would do the same for you (7 words) and I hope you can respect that (6 words).

Please call or email me (5 words) and we will talk about your experiences and suggestions (8 words)

Is seven words a short independent clause? Only when Vinegartits writes one. What a hypocrite! She also carves up Griffin for her commas - I bet Griffin used that punctuation so that Thomas Vaughan wouldn't feel outclassed. You reckon someone that illiterate shouldn't be one the board? They shouldn't be teaching either.

Someone's got to let Thomas know he's illiterate.

Ms Griffin [comma of direct address]

If you would be willing to explain why this apparently skilled teacher [Steve Kemp] is being kept busy as a paper pusher comma I would love to hear about it. Its [apostrophe for it is] not just Steve. Ms Griffin [comma of direct address] this could happen to any one of us. It happened to me. Ms. Kipley herself told me how the numbers of abuse complaints against teachers has [subject - verb disagreement] tripled in the years she has been in charge of professional standards[caps].

If I recall correctly, I posited that it might be helpful to give guidance to teachers on how to avoid these problems. It seems to me as long as administration is willing to let teachers twist in the wind and show them little support (not good politically [comma] I guess) comma this "problem" will only get worse. If these abuse complaints have tripled as she said comma we have a problem that NEEDS [childish Romper Room capitals] to be addressed NOW [childish Romper Room capitals] .

Any suggestion that it is in the interest of teachers to curtail their participation in discussing these issues in blogs is a self hyphen serving attempt to protect the status quo which, in my opinion, is tantamount to sacrificing teachers for political expediency.

Those are the matters I want to speak to you about. Are you willing to talk to me? I believe we can find a way not to violate Mr. Kemps apostrophe right to due process and your obligation to remain unbiased. What do you think?

Had I a choice, I would prefer that Griffin teach my child over Vaughan.