[stylist] What am I saying?

[Barbara Hammel]

Since there is no comma after guest, to me it's saying that we have a sister 
who is a guest.  If there was a comma, then the speaker would be informing 
her sister that a guest has arrived.
Barbara




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-----Original Message----- 
From: Eve Sanchez
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:10 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] What am I saying?

This is an example of texte, a quote. What does it say? Some people
say that it is a person talking to their sister and telling her they
have a guest. Others say that the speaker is saying the guest is a
sister. I am asking about what it says in context of its punctuation.
It is not a quote you are going to find on google. It is an example
for you all to decipher for me. Thanks, Eve

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:
> Eve,
> I've never heard this saying. Can you describe in what context it was 
> used?
> I Googled "We have a guest sister," and then when I got nothing Googled
> "Define we have a guest sister" and still nothing. I checked idioms and
> specifically checked Urban Dictionary, and still nothing.
> Donna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:35 PM
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: [stylist] What am I saying?
>
> "We have a guest sister."  This is a quote that seems to be controvercial 
> in
> its meaning. You all know, I am not good with puncuation, so I am asking 
> for
> your educated abilities here. What is this above quote saying? Thanks, Eve
>
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