[NPInfo] Linda Marie

[Rose Moran-Kelly]

Elsa,  Which calendar do you have?...one with funny grammatical errors?  I
would love that (for my kids)   Please let me know...
Rose

On Feb 1, 2008 3:41 PM, Elsa DeHart <dehart at gci.net> wrote:

> I have the calendar, so every day I get a quote.  Great fun!
>
> Becky Bolling wrote:
> > Speaking of "grammar freaks" has anyone read Eats, Shoots and Leaves by
> Lynn
> > Truss? She is a British author and has written the funniest book about
> her
> > pet peeves about grammar. It is one of my all time favorite books. Read
> more
> > about this book below:
> >
> > http://www.eatsshootsandleaves.com/esl.html
> >
> > Back of the book says....
> >
> > A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a
> gun
> > and fires two shots in the air.
> >
> > "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit.
> The
> > panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his
> > shoulder.
> >
> > "I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
> >
> > The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an
> > explanation.
> >
> > "Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats,
> > shoots and leaves."
> >
> > So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a
> matter
> > of life and death.
> >
> >
> > Rebecca Bolling, MSN, NP-C
> > Alaska
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
> Behalf
> > Of Joanne DaCunha
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:29 AM
> > To: NP Info
> > Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Linda Marie
> >
> > The comma at the end of the list and before the "and" is either used or
> > not used depending on the style manual the is followed.
> > So, neither is incorrect.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On
> > Behalf Of Jeffrey Hazzard
> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:51 PM
> > To: npinfo npinfo
> > Subject: [NPInfo] Linda Marie
> >
> >   I post a lot and haven't gotten a Linda Marie grammar-gram yet!
> >
> >      <BOW>
> >
> >      Poor use of commas and semi colons drives me nuts, too.
> >
> >      Now, I find it hardest to remember these:  Who vs. whom, that vs.
> > which, and pleural possessives which (?that) end in "s."  The rest of it
> > I think I have down.
> >
> >      Oh yea, I also put a comma at the end of a list before the "and" in
> > the chain, but was told recently that is inocorrect.  Below is an
> > example.
> >
> >       Their names were John, Mary, Vince, Pete, Cathy, Cindy, and Roy.
> >       Their names were John, Mary, Vince, Pete, Cathy, Cindy and Roy.
> >
> >        English grammar is harder than many languages because of the
> > exceptions.
> >
> >                 Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
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