tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940930479303713215.post7783507451828311155..comments2023-10-19T10:26:44.540-04:00Comments on The Writing of Christopher Rivan: Essay: On PunctuationChristopher Rivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908525147481033462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940930479303713215.post-85565183341000409412010-03-27T18:04:48.431-04:002010-03-27T18:04:48.431-04:00I seem to be much better at punctuation than anyth...I seem to be much better at punctuation than anything else, although the comma still tends to elude me. <br /><br />As a teacher I'm sort of a professional public speaker, so I use a lot of tricks like pausing for emphasis. Unfortunately, these pauses tend to bleed over into my writing, so I tend to stick commas in there where I would naturally pause in the prose. <br /><br />I find about half my proofing involves running back through and yanking the damn things out from where I put them. <br /><br />Mostly, though, I just want my punctuation to not be in the way. If a word is badly misspelled or the wrong punctuation is used, it tends to give the reader a little mental slap that knocks him out of his state of willing disbelief. That's a way bad thing.Christopher Rivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908525147481033462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940930479303713215.post-28123762616840637892010-03-27T07:06:14.637-04:002010-03-27T07:06:14.637-04:00It's always good to brush up. Thanks.
Now tha...It's always good to brush up. Thanks.<br /> Now that I am writing more and paying more attention to grammar I am facing another problem... Driving my family insane when I make them correct their horrible punctuation.atkogirl85https://www.blogger.com/profile/05888167726440060276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1940930479303713215.post-56496441695440899382010-03-26T19:49:11.004-04:002010-03-26T19:49:11.004-04:00first, second and C eh?
I like the first example b...first, second and C eh?<br />I like the first example better but I have an aversion to unnecessary 'that's and '!'s kudos for figuring that out ;)<br />Comma splices... so that's what they're called. I wrote those all the time 'till I discovered the TRUE use for semi colons. I didn't learn much about practical uses for grammar in high school but who does? I had to re-teach myself everything once I got serious about writing. I don't want someone to discover my stuff long after I'm dead and laugh!!! (catch that?)Banhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450115293974960761noreply@blogger.com