[stylist] Pet PVS

[Donna Hill]

Lynda,
The Brits all use a different sensibility to determine where the period (or
full stop, as they say) goes. Maybe your students were channeling their
inner Englishman.
Donna

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:27 PM
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I had not thought of that, but now that you mention it, I can say it bothers

me, too. I find things like this after I have written something and 
typically it is something I wrote quite awhile ago. Then, upon reading it 
over again, I have a fresh view of it and it pops out to hit me in the face.

When I used to teach English Comp. at Geneva College, the big thing that 
drove me beserk was when students did not put the period in the correct 
place, when using a quotation mark. I guess that is my biggest pet peeve now

that I remember those times.

I probably have others, but cannot think of them at the moment.

Lynda River Woman
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From: "Andi" <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:12 PM
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>I do have pet peeves about writing...  I do not like it when people repeat
> words when they could have used another, for example "I want to go home, 
> but
> theirs nobody home."  That sentence bugs me and I don't know why but I can
> think of at least four ways to rework it.  This especially bugs me when I
> myself do it and can not think of another word to use that makes since.
> When the thesaurus is also not help I want to get rid of the sentence but
> can not because the sentence is needed.  I feel like the hole peace is a
> failure.  I don't know why it bugs me so much it is not grammatically 
> wrong
> but I feel like it throes the hole thing off.
>
> Andi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:57 AM
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> I was wondering about pet peeves recently.
> Some folks dislike the toothpaste tube being squeezed in a certain way; 
> some
> dislike the toilet paper put on the roll one way; and then, towels that 
> are
> not folded correctly...and more.
>
> Do you have any  pet peeves about writing ?
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> Lynda Lambert
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