Comments on: Conjunction Complex Sentence Misfunction

By: Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:53:14 +0000

Yeah, I thought it looked odd re-reading it today. I didn’t exactly see this piece about covering the finer points of grammar, but yes, I’ll fix it.

By: Mike Abrahams

Mike Abrahams — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:51:32 +0000

Maintain the standards! Don’t be dumbed down with the rest of us. E-readers are going to save semi-colon users (I hope) because we’ll be able to argue that we’re writing books…

You can always sneak in a dash when the semi-colon isn’t looking.

PS Here’s another great article on this subject (just because I like your link spam intro).

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:30:10 +0000

“Standalone” is an adjective (or occasionally, a noun), not a verb. So “an iPhone can be used as a standalone device” is correct, whereas “a single sentence can standalone” is not. When you’re writing about the finer points of grammar and usage, it undercuts your credibility to have such a glaring error, not once, but twice, in your post.

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:12:21 +0000

And why not? Everyone’s allowed to have a personal writing style. It’s not like you’re trying to be Proust and write page-long sentences. (And besides, Proust is wonderful.)

By: Kenster999

Kenster999 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:57:30 +0000

I like dashes; they’re so useful!