tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post115290949713574384..comments2024-03-06T21:02:52.061-05:00Comments on Bad Alice: RevGal Friday Five: PeevishnessBad Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1154184296278560962006-07-29T09:44:00.000-05:002006-07-29T09:44:00.000-05:00Augustus: Are you still back here? I've written so...Augustus: Are you still back here? I've written so many scintillating posts since!<BR/><BR/>A comma splice is using a comma when you need a period or a semicolon. In other words, you're trying to join two sentences with a comma, as in "I went to the store, I had to buy bread."Bad Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1153398354366768602006-07-20T07:25:00.000-05:002006-07-20T07:25:00.000-05:00COMMA SPLICES!COMMA SPLICES!God's Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561357217539705033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1153104163316162282006-07-16T21:42:00.000-05:002006-07-16T21:42:00.000-05:00Augustus: You are obviously the next William Burro...Augustus: You are obviously the next William Burroughs.<BR/><BR/>JPDC: You don't need editing. If we have to start worrying about perfecting our blogs, what's the point? No one is really worrying about grammar in those scintillating discussions of Waxlando.<BR/><BR/>Wilsonian: I found cat hair on the ironing board today.<BR/><BR/>Gail: Thanks for dropping by! If you go down my sidebar you'll find the RevGals. You'll find lots to enjoy, and a Friday Five each week.Bad Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1153084216215771812006-07-16T16:10:00.000-05:002006-07-16T16:10:00.000-05:00Dear Bad Alice, you are so good! Your writing is f...Dear Bad Alice, you are so good! Your writing is fantastic and funny and true and honest and all that great stuff. I stumbled my way here through "Nancyalongtheway.blogspot.com" - and I am so glad I did. Where do the RevGal Friday prompts come from? I like them a lot. Also I related to a lot of what you write about: I am 40 years old, the mother of two children. My mother-in-law is bipolar. I have many grammatical pet peeves. I live in Charlotte, NC and wonder what the big deal is about fireworks in the heat of July. And as a Christian, I am befuddled so much of the time. Thanks again for being so open and honest. Please keep writing about your befuddlement and your badness. <BR/>GailGailNHBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632210289246687829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1153056905521802012006-07-16T08:35:00.000-05:002006-07-16T08:35:00.000-05:00LOL! And in my house, the floor is not limbo in t...LOL! And in my house, the floor is not limbo in the sense of laundry. Anything landing on the floor is usually covered in cat hair, and must go into the laundry.<BR/><BR/>I think I'd do less laundry if I vacuumed more... lol.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979627849688965995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1152977357413356392006-07-15T10:29:00.000-05:002006-07-15T10:29:00.000-05:00This has been very educational for me. I don't kn...This has been very educational for me. I don't know nearly as much about grammar as I thought I did. Now I've got to go back and proof about 300 blog entries. Unless... Do you have some free time, Alice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1152968279626741942006-07-15T07:57:00.000-05:002006-07-15T07:57:00.000-05:00Augustus: I had to parse sentences for years on en...Augustus: I had to parse sentences for years on end, and for reasons I still don't understand, I opted to take Latin in high school. I've also spent a lot of time working in publishing doing the grunt work (editing). We all refer to the Chicago Manual of Style [reverent hush]. <BR/><BR/>From what I've read, the British don't adhere to a distinction between "that" and "which", so you're off the hook. Trust Americans to try to outdo the British in preciseness and polish. <BR/><BR/>The CMS [reverent hush] puts it this way: "that" is used restrictively to narrow a category or identify a particular item being talked about (any building that is taller must be outside the state). "Which" is used nonrestrictively--not to narrow a class or identify an object but to add something about an item already identified (alongside the officer trotted a toy poodle, which is hardly a typical police dog). When "which" is used in this way, it is always preceded by a comma, a parenthesis, or a dash. <BR/><BR/>"Which" can be used in other ways, as in your example, but in your example, "that" is acting in a restrictive sense to identify what you would love, and "which" is a pronoun acting as the direct object of "love". <BR/><BR/>Aren't you glad you're British and can ignore all that?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and to everyone out there--just because I have an editing background doesn't mean I proofread my blog writing. That's just toooo boring.Bad Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1152919366208195752006-07-14T18:22:00.000-05:002006-07-14T18:22:00.000-05:00Nothing like having a monkey on your back. What a...Nothing like having a monkey on your back. What a wonderful list you have minus 2.Professor Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875517056843937269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-1152917926742365462006-07-14T17:58:00.000-05:002006-07-14T17:58:00.000-05:00I am peeved by your peeves, too.Just remember this...I am peeved by your peeves, too.<BR/><BR/>Just remember this: dust is protective coating for fine furniture.St. Casserolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.com