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Comment by Christine Kirley on January 17, 2009 at 6:33

Marla and Kathy, thanks so much for the suggestions on the short strokes with punctuation for right, correct, etc. Those are great!

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on January 16, 2009 at 10:57

I write SW-EBGT for ; correct
SW-AOEU T = ; right

i write semi colon as = SW-RBGS

kathy

Comment by Anthony D. Frisolone on January 15, 2009 at 18:56

Here's a link to The Blue Book of English Grammar website. Has cool quizzes and stuff. http://www.grammarbook.com/default.asp

Comment by Marla Sharp on January 15, 2009 at 17:47

Christine Kirley, I do K-RBGS and R-RBGS for ", correct" and ", right". If you use the -RBGS with letter for one of your alphabets, just throw an asterisk in. I do the same thing with ", like," L-RBGS and ", well," WHR-RBGS.

Comment by Anthony D. Frisolone on January 15, 2009 at 17:43

Hey, Marla, thanks for the invite. This awesome.

Comment by Jeannie Wright on January 13, 2009 at 10:12

Marla, this is a terrific idea - I am always struggling with commas! I put too many in - just like my attorney friends, I hold the old rule "if you take a breath, you need a comma" and I need to break the habit! Thanks!

Comment by Christine Kirley on January 12, 2009 at 22:14

Well, I'm wanting to weigh in on the comma vs. semi-colon before right, correct, true, etc. I, too, use a comma. (Like how I got ",too,"
in there?) Some habits die hard. Hey, Tami, could it be our old Chaffey College instruction?

I'm all for keeping current with the latest/greatest trends, but this one's tough cuz it also involves how I write it on the job. It's a habit to stroke the comma and then the "right," "correct," or "true." Maybe I just need a one-stroke for "comma correct." Anyone?

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on January 12, 2009 at 15:15

and as for "too" I agree with you, Tami. I like the comma in front
of it also. and Ms. Wells says that was never a correct punctuation,
it just sort of evolved.

i'm keeping my comma in front of too, too!!

Comment by Brenda Rogers on January 12, 2009 at 13:35

I appreciate seeing it, Kathy. Just popping in with a different point of view.

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on January 12, 2009 at 13:31

you are right, Ms. Wells showed us many things that were right
in line with what I was taught in school and it made a lot of sense
to me.

I do understand that everyone has an opinion, and my English teacher
did always tell us that punctuation is subjective.
I'm sorry if I sounded like the FINAL word on this. I was just sharing from Saturday's class.
kathy

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