A Comma Here, A Comma There…

Kudos to Maeve Maddox, grammar expert extraordinaire, who has an excellent post up at Daily Writing Tips about the use of the serial comma. I’ve seen this particular use of the punctuation mark drop, and I’m delighted to see Dr. Maddox lay out the information – and support its use.

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A Letter to Strangers

TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAW ME IN THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOP YESTERDAY:
 
I truly apologize for my appearance. The side of my face was swollen because I had just come from having dental work (I’m not complaining. I was about to complain as I headed out of the house to see the good doctor, while watching my husband and boys head down the road, without [...]

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The First Five Minutes

Last week, I had a royal rant against my trash company. It happened shortly after I noticed a big, orange ACCOUNT HOLD sticker on one of my curb side bags – the bags they didn’t pick up.
Fortunately for the customer service rep who took my call, the worst of my rant was over. Unfortunately for the [...]

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If you give a mom a date night…

. . .she will probably have a fabulous time and wonder why she doesn’t get out more often, and she’ll work hard on finding a regular babysitter.
And if she gets a regular babysitter, she’ll realize how easy it would be to just get caught up on things around the house if someone was around to [...]

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