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From: "Richard A. Pence" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Cruel world
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:41:52 -0500
References: <007501c74ef5$5693cf70$e876124c@win2000a141573>

>(Yesterday's discussion of which words to capitalize when a
> citing a book title and where to put punctuation marks was a nitpicking
> debate over *form*.)

If you think that was nitpicking, you should try your hand at the English
Usage Newsgroup for a while!

Nitpicking or not, as a retired editor I enjoy this little threads as a way
to keep my skills sharp. And with the state of English grammar and
punctuation on the 'Net these days, nitpicking commas and preposition style
is a real breath of fresh air!

Richard P.

This thread:

• [APG] (no subject) by "Chad Milliner" <>
  • Re: [APG] (no subject) by Richard Lindberg <>
    • Re: [APG] (no subject) by "Elizabeth Shown Mills" <>
  • Re: [APG] Cruel world by "Elizabeth Shown Mills" <>
    • Re: [APG] Cruel world by <>
      • [APG] Cruel world only if you make it that way. by "Genehunter" <>

    • Re: [APG] Cruel world by "Richard A. Pence" <>

  • [APG] (no subject) by "Genehunter" <>
    • Re: [APG] (no subject) by "Elizabeth Whitaker" <>
      • [APG] Writing by "Richard A. Pence" <>