tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post7934570646285588574..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Punctuation: A Writer's Worst Enemy -- SemicolonsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-42253409310961952612007-05-08T10:59:00.000-04:002007-05-08T10:59:00.000-04:00You can read Strunk and White online ... but I'd r...You can read Strunk and White online ... but I'd rather have a book. I must go out and find one!<BR/><BR/>And I meant the hyphen--the dash is a favourite too, but it's not as ill-used as the poor old hyphen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-20400149818704440562007-05-06T20:59:00.000-04:002007-05-06T20:59:00.000-04:00Got it. I use Strunk almost as much as the punctua...Got it. I use Strunk almost as much as the punctuation book, but you're right I just need a little more practice. What makes it tricky is I'm an Englishman living in Australia writing stuff that often gets subbed to the States. Three slightly different grammar systems make it easy to get confused from time to time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-33566402871596998302007-05-06T17:28:00.000-04:002007-05-06T17:28:00.000-04:00Practice makes perfect. One of the best books eve...Practice makes perfect. One of the best books every write should have is Strunk & Whites Elements of Style. Sort of a tiny little mini dictionary that helps with grammar questions, punctuation, etc. Invaluable tool. I bought an older edition for about ten cents. I imagine you all could find it cheap too.<BR/><BR/>And do you mean the dash or the hyphen? Dash is two hyphen's (--), the hyphen is one, well, mark? (-). It's also somewhat of a super comma:<BR/>"George was a powerful man of fifty--tall, bulky, and altogether an Arnold impersonator."<BR/>Hyphens are more for tacking on pieces to a word: re-edit, etc.<BR/>I forget the exact grammatical terms for it though :S. *researches*<BR/><BR/>I love the semicolon nonetheless and the dash. I learned the dash from reading old scifi short stories lol. I got the semicolon from...well I don't know where I got that from to be honest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-61696943477688931832007-05-06T16:30:00.000-04:002007-05-06T16:30:00.000-04:00The semicolon! One of my favourite punctuation mar...The semicolon! One of my favourite punctuation marks. :D Although, I do rather like the hyphen, which is just as badly abused ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-37518442034300577882007-05-06T05:59:00.000-04:002007-05-06T05:59:00.000-04:00I bought the penguin book of punctuation a couple ...I bought the penguin book of punctuation a couple of years ago and have studied if from cover to cover, front to back, back to front, upside down and sideways, and now believe I have a good understanding of punctuation. Of course putting this understanding into practice is another matter entirely :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com