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I remember, sadly, my high school days in the late 60's when a good buddy came back from his first college semester. He was talking about how "bad" everything was. He had to explain to me that it meant good.
There's one thing I do in willful violation of the style manuals, but I won't stop and I know it probably drives some people crazy. When I use quotation marks around a phrase that's not a direct quote, I put the period or comma outside the closing mark. It just doesn't make sense otherwise. If it were an exclamation point, question mark or a semicolon it wouldn't nest inside, so why should a period or comma? In fact, when I see what I actually think is the "mistake," <grrrrr> I think, I'm not the one who's "mistaken"!
I've also lost the business English habit of double-spacing between sentences, and I just single-space. I get dinged for it in the office milieu.
There's one thing I do in willful violation of the style manuals, but I won't stop and I know it probably drives some people crazy. When I use quotation marks around a phrase that's not a direct quote, I put the period or comma outside the closing mark. It just doesn't make sense otherwise. If it were an exclamation point, question mark or a semicolon it wouldn't nest inside, so why should a period or comma? In fact, when I see what I actually think is the "mistake," <grrrrr> I think, I'm not the one who's "mistaken"!
I've also lost the business English habit of double-spacing between sentences, and I just single-space. I get dinged for it in the office milieu.
When did that double spacing get phased out? I learned years ago to always put two spaces between a period and the start of a new sentence. I notice that it's hardly done anymore and it's a shame. It makes it so much easier to read.
Just head someone on TV yesterday referring to his "Gardener Angel". Kind of cute and might give a chuckle to the green thumbs out there, but come on. Do people even think about phrases they use?
Just head someone on TV yesterday referring to his "Gardener Angel". Kind of cute and might give a chuckle to the green thumbs out there, but come on. Do people even think about phrases they use?
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