TheMudge
The Real Mudge
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29-Apr-2008
1:12 PM
Despite my reputation as a nitpicker, I discuss the negative consequences of obsession with grammatical trivialities in the May issue of The Grumpy Grammarian. Comments are welcome. ---------- Rich Turner (The Curmudgeon Himself)
Thank you for not mentioning my name. (By the way, I have a new set of really cute Disney-themed finger bowls if you want to borrow them for your Memorial Day picnic.)
At times, the nonrules can impede understanding. For a while, a comma after an introductory phrase was forbidden, leading me, and some other readers, to miss the shift into the main clause until we encountered the verb. We had to back up and start over!
