(OT:) Let's be punctual (from another group)

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 24 Jun 2007 04:25 GMT

Subject: Punctuation.

>I would like the pedants of this group to have one go only and post their
>results. :)
> (Pedant = a person who relies too much on academic learning or who is
> concerned chiefly with insignificant detail.)

> http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

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Cathy F. - 24 Jun 2007 05:43 GMT

> Subject: Punctuation.
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>> http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html

Eats, Shoots & Leaves is an interesting & funny book. I gave it to an
English major friend - who is a real stickler for correct grammar & usage -
while she was recuperating from surgery (vs. the usual flowers deal); she
loved it.

I got a 92%. But I beg to differ, since the one I missed could be
interpreted 2 different ways! ;-P "Of course, there weren't enough tickets
to go around." <--the site's interpretation. "Of *course* there weren't
enough tickets to go around." <-- how I 'read' it. Oh, well... ;-)

Also beg to differ, re: your designation of "insignificant" detail; the
story that goes with the book's title points out how that very same detail
can change the entire meaning of identical words.

Cathy

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jor - 24 Jun 2007 17:34 GMT

>>> http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html
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> loved it.
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I loved that book! Hard to figure how a book about grammar could be
good but it really was.
jor

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