tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post4779821938113411681..comments2024-03-28T00:20:41.640-07:00Comments on Missed Periods and Other Grammar Scares: They're Just Like UsMissed Periodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10343265071637032284noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-21525346400296380552010-08-05T20:13:57.586-07:002010-08-05T20:13:57.586-07:00A Capricorn from California sounds better. Plus, y...A Capricorn from California sounds better. Plus, you're the sign of reverse aging.<br /><br />Thanks for the hyphen tips.notesfromnadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904500676081267972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-38236492076178602392010-08-04T19:04:29.902-07:002010-08-04T19:04:29.902-07:00Wonderful post! I remember seeing an interview wit...Wonderful post! I remember seeing an interview with the chick from Desperate Housewives...Eva (something) Parker? She talked about all the stuff she takes off when she gets home...hair extensions, false eyelashes, makeup, spanx...she said you'd never recognize her. <br /><br />Hey, a little Photoshop here...a tuck there...we could ALL look like Cindy!kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06152568985075401447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-46083266772140549652010-08-02T18:38:52.157-07:002010-08-02T18:38:52.157-07:00I'm completely distracted by the pictures.I'm completely distracted by the pictures.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-61744935691602843442010-08-02T09:58:18.776-07:002010-08-02T09:58:18.776-07:00Great pointers on the hyphenated words. Those can ...Great pointers on the hyphenated words. Those can be so tricky. And I totally am with you. Google is my friend. :)Janet Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688012956157161889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-9198370211080065382010-08-02T09:50:12.546-07:002010-08-02T09:50:12.546-07:00You know what's worse? When your husband's...You know what's worse? When your husband's celebrity fantasy isn't a 20-something but Marissa Tomei - a 40-something who is my contemporary. So now I've got to worry that I'm being compared to a 40-something-yr-old who has a killer body, b/c Yes, it's possible! Ugh.Wendy Ramer, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17430380409796887696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-27601547181382129712010-08-02T09:03:20.865-07:002010-08-02T09:03:20.865-07:00I like hyphens, but my real passion is commas. It ...I like hyphens, but my real passion is commas. It is a sad affair. I love them soooo much! I think, I pause in thought and then add one. My son teased me about it, when I had him read one of my wip. He said, "Mom, no one talks like that". I thought about his criticism. He is right, then it struck me. Captain James T. Kirk, talks like I write. I have to go back and edit my comma love, when I do I see Jim speaking my words and it works.Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-75240015293951719612010-08-02T08:16:34.848-07:002010-08-02T08:16:34.848-07:00I'll never learn how to use hyphens in English...I'll never learn how to use hyphens in English. I think I just have the linguistics of too many different languages in my head and it's all starting to mix in my poor limited brain :))DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-36596654085702301522010-08-02T04:35:24.594-07:002010-08-02T04:35:24.594-07:00I am guilty of many errors and fall back on the ex...I am guilty of many errors and fall back on the excuse of dramatic effect.<br /><br />It is nice to know the old words my parents drilled into my head, LOOK IT UP, still works.<br /><br />I can't help but feel I will get this comment back, marked in red!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-80194979675374388212010-08-01T23:29:09.538-07:002010-08-01T23:29:09.538-07:00Glad I'm not in your class, I would be in all ...Glad I'm not in your class, I would be in all sorts of trouble and you would probably have to order extra boxes of red pens. As for using a dictionary to decide on using a hyphen in words or not, does it not depend on the dictionary you are using. With so many different versions I'm thinking of creating my own one so that I can get away with some of my creative word play….BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-75460288955134499632010-08-01T23:11:06.335-07:002010-08-01T23:11:06.335-07:00Yeah, Cindy Crawford's freakin' amazing. G...Yeah, Cindy Crawford's freakin' amazing. Good to know she's still like the rest of us first thing in the morning. Amd loved the Austin Powers pic. I'm laughing just thinking of that thing, baby.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen Tremp</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-48785140174850760962010-08-01T15:32:16.681-07:002010-08-01T15:32:16.681-07:00In the American Medical Association Style guide (w...In the American Medical Association Style guide (what we follow in my line of work), the definition is very foggy, saying to use them in compound adjectives when the intended meaning is unclear without one. So basically, a judgment call!Jill Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173785684131445232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-44316492822124613042010-08-01T08:46:39.702-07:002010-08-01T08:46:39.702-07:00I'm guilty of over-using hyphens. And semi-col...I'm guilty of over-using hyphens. And semi-colons. And em-dashes. I really need to get ahold of myself.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-77914257194871965512010-07-31T09:57:52.399-07:002010-07-31T09:57:52.399-07:00I'm guilty of randomly misusing hyphens. I als...I'm guilty of randomly misusing hyphens. I also probably overuse them when I don't know whether I should use a comma or a semicolon. And how is it that those models were OLDER than me when they burst onto the scene in the early nineties, but now they all still look younger than me? No fair. - GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-63089987019906555432010-07-31T05:53:57.849-07:002010-07-31T05:53:57.849-07:00Thanks for this post. To use or not to use a hyph...Thanks for this post. To use or not to use a hyphen plagues me.<br /><br />You are the Cindy Crawford of Grammar!<br /><br />I'd like to come back looking like Christy Turlington in my next life.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5330190226764495766.post-84335385125083242062010-07-30T23:04:40.261-07:002010-07-30T23:04:40.261-07:00Love the photos! - and a really useful grammar exp...Love the photos! - and a really useful grammar explanation too! What a bonus.<br /><br />Pisces....? - I have been from time to time.<br /><br />Have a nice day, BoonsongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com