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A Very Messy Sentence
This was over on FB with lots of comments and suggestions. Here is my take:
That means that, if a body part is lost -- for example, in an amputation -- or if a body part if not functioning properl...
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Questions of the Day: "Because" and Email Addresses
These are two questions I have answered this morning:
I hate "because" clauses. Does this get a comma?
"I am not asking about conversations you had with your attorney because that's privileged.
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Welcome to "Margie Holds Court"
As I launch this blog, Margie Holds Court, it is my hope that it will be a place where we can share our love of this language.
As I approach the winding down of my teaching career -- I started as ...