http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/-t1.htm Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:43 GMT 10 [url=http://writingforum.smfforfree.com/index.php][img]http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/ http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/-t1.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/error-on-byu-site-t274.htm Anonymous I also had my doubts about the semi-colon rules themselves, but that is 4-5th grade stuff I haven't looked at in many, many moons. I'd like to think that Mrs. Welch's 18" hardwood ruler embedded some of the rules accurately, but I can't be sure. The point I was after is more that one stupid balances a lot of brilliance, no matter whose name is on the title page. It ain't fair (we all make mistooks), but it is reality. Jumping on stupid irrelevancies is human nature, as politicians too ... SPaG Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:29:43 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/error-on-byu-site-t274.htm#3585 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/error-on-byu-site-t274.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/em-dash-and-semicolons-t246.htm Garmar I read this statement on another writing site today. you should not use both a semicolon and an em dash in the same sentence! This made me scratch my head a bit because I couldn't find any precedence for such a statement. (Also, this was written by someone who is very knowledgeable about such matters.) So I constructed this sentence - Semicolons and em dashes are oft used correctly by most writers; some do not, but correct usage can be learned--if one cares to anyway. And I got ... SPaG Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:41:45 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/em-dash-and-semicolons-t246.htm#3086 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/em-dash-and-semicolons-t246.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-past-past-tense-t258.htm Anonymous Yes, your friendly neighborhood SPaG boy has a question. I'm in the middle of writing a little chunk that goes into more of a past tense than the rest of the chunk. Kinda like: Stuffity stuff stuff written in past tense. Some stuff that happens futherback in time than the regular past tense. Return to the original past tense. I don't usually find myself in this kind of conundrum, but I'm a little at a loss as to how to set up the verbs for this more past past tense, ... SPaG Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:14:58 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-past-past-tense-t258.htm#3381 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-past-past-tense-t258.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/sit-set-t177.htm ebyss
The buildings set on top of the hill. Or The buildings sit on top of the hill.

Thanks]]> SPaG Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:41:37 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/sit-set-t177.htm#2271 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/sit-set-t177.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/possessive-to-a-name-ending-in-s-t171.htm SarahP
I was taught that if something belongs to James, it's James'.

My sister-in-law (just finished her bachelor) told me that a professor recently told her that "James's" would be correct.

Now I'm not sure. Where might I find a source that has current information on this?]]> SPaG Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:44:16 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/possessive-to-a-name-ending-in-s-t171.htm#2100 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/possessive-to-a-name-ending-in-s-t171.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/concering-sentence-breakoffs-t105.htm ebyss
"I like to pick--" Or is it "I like to pick-" Now which is it during a dialogue break off? Is it one hyphen or two hyphens, and do you put a period or question mark or whatever the sentence calls for.
ie:

"I like to pick-." Or "Do you like-?" Just as examples.]]> SPaG Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:16:07 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/concering-sentence-breakoffs-t105.htm#1170 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/concering-sentence-breakoffs-t105.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-word-only-t104.htm ebyss
A specific dream, which only can become reality at this time.

OR

A specific dream, which can only become reality at this time.]]> SPaG Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:11:57 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-word-only-t104.htm#1152 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/the-word-only-t104.htm http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/trouble-proofreading-t52.htm ebyss Does everyone have trouble proofreading their work? I can't do my own. Even though my eyes are seeing one thing my brain is translating it to what I really want to say. This includes spelling mistakes, putting down the wrong word (ie their and there), or just sentence structure. I read books and have checked websites and other things as I am still learning, but my eye is not trained to see my own mistakes. However, I can see it in other people's writing. LOL. Anyone have ... SPaG Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:14:05 GMT http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/trouble-proofreading-t52.htm#378 http://review-group.forumotion.com/spag-f18/trouble-proofreading-t52.htm