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In article <4e86a674caspam@timil.com>, Tim Hill
<URL:mailto:spam@timil.com> wrote:
> In article <ant1610061cbpErr@client.cjemicros.co.uk>, Chris Evans
> <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> [Snip]
> 
> > No, your first instincts were correct,
> full stop
> > I got it wrong, and there was me                
> > thinking that having listened twice, in the past week, to the audio
> > book of �Eats, shoots and leaves�
> �Eats, Shoots and Leaves� ? (Titles are often capitalised. Is it
> capitalised on, or in, the book?)

I did wonder about that, but I tend to over capitalise so resisted the
temptation. I�ve just looked at the CD cover and they are capitalised.

> > that some correct punctuation may have rubbed off
> on me

I can see that is better, but it seems users seem to omitting this sort of
thing more and more.

> > !
> > I did smile when Lynn Truss mentions in the book that apostrophes in
> > real names can be included or omit
> ted

Yes I should have spotted that, I think I changed another part of sentence
and should have edited that part at the same time!

> > at the whim of the namer.
> 
> 
> 
> > I will
> ,
> > though
> ,
> > restate that our company name was originally registered
> > as CJE Microcomputers
> ;
> > hence CJE Micro�s
> 
> > n.b.
> N.B.

I didn�t know that, why is p.s. normally lower case then?

> > I doubt though that I will ever know
> (
> > let alone understand
> )

would bracketing commas not be just as correct
 
> > the
> ^W   all

The �all� to mind is implied, I'm surprised it is required.
I have been told that omitting words is preferable in such situations.

> > 17 rules for the use of the comma! 
> 
> > I wonder if that semicolon is correct?
> Not a question; a statement.

I see what you mean, but I was inviting a reply.

> > What other mistakes have I made?
> 
> You did ask.   ;-)))))

Only twelve mistakes! Having failed O�Level English five times, I consider
myself well qualified in bad spelling, grammar and punctuation.
 
> FU Set

I won't see any responses on ZFC:-(
 
> P.S. Pluto insisted there was an illegal character in ther somewhere
                                                        ^^^^^
A typo I'm sure

> too.  ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
> 


Chris Evans

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