Addicted
Cigarettes, gambling, porn and booze. What's your addiction? How low have you sunk and how have you tried to beat it?
Thanks to big-girl's-blouse for the suggestion
( , Thu 18 Dec 2008, 16:42)
Cigarettes, gambling, porn and booze. What's your addiction? How low have you sunk and how have you tried to beat it?
Thanks to big-girl's-blouse for the suggestion
( , Thu 18 Dec 2008, 16:42)
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Incomplete sentence
Dear Sir/Madam,
In addition to the other errors in your posting, you have committed the faux pas of crafting an incomplete phrase. As a copy editor (which is what we in the colonies call a sub-editor), I would suggest the following phrasing:
``For God's(*) sake, is it really hard to not sound like you're illiterate [you fucking pedant]? ''
*: The letter G is capitalized as a matter of style, not grammar.
N.B.: Material in square brackets is optional
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:35, 1 reply)
Dear Sir/Madam,
In addition to the other errors in your posting, you have committed the faux pas of crafting an incomplete phrase. As a copy editor (which is what we in the colonies call a sub-editor), I would suggest the following phrasing:
``For God's(*) sake, is it really hard to not sound like you're illiterate [you fucking pedant]? ''
*: The letter G is capitalized as a matter of style, not grammar.
N.B.: Material in square brackets is optional
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:35, 1 reply)
Oo-er.
Contrary to standard practice, you just split your infinitive.
That's a mistake up with which Strunk and White will not put.
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:41, closed)
Contrary to standard practice, you just split your infinitive.
That's a mistake up with which Strunk and White will not put.
( , Sun 21 Dec 2008, 23:41, closed)
Strunk and White
Touche, sir. Strunk and White, however, is a wretched disease. The publication which employs me has its own style guide, which gives a significant amount of leeway to editors (even when they're deprived of sleep). As a sad side note, I doubt whether most readers would even notice if the newspaper were as filled with inaccuracies as the original post.
( , Mon 22 Dec 2008, 0:11, closed)
Touche, sir. Strunk and White, however, is a wretched disease. The publication which employs me has its own style guide, which gives a significant amount of leeway to editors (even when they're deprived of sleep). As a sad side note, I doubt whether most readers would even notice if the newspaper were as filled with inaccuracies as the original post.
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