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Originally Posted by ardeegee
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Holy comma, batman! Not totally misused, but definitely excessive and unnecessary.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, all the time. Poor grammar and poor punctuation are sure signs of a book that hasn't been professionally edited. To me it screams out "I can't be bothered to get it right", and my reaction is "if you can't be bothered, then why should I bother with your book?"
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That's exactly it.
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Originally Posted by dreams
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I wonder if this "digital age" of texting, blogs, forums, and explosion of indie publishing has created a generation of those who are not bothered by use of grammar rules? Maybe, it is just those of us whom are older that really take note?
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Uh, wait, did you just call me OLDER??? Where's that negative karma button?? Yikes. I was just bemoaning the fact of my advancing age to my husband last night. It hasn't advanced past 40 yet (a few years to go), but it seems to have advanced more quickly than I'd like.
I do think that you're right about this digital age being part of the issue. That may explain the neglect of the poor comma. Punctuation in general is not a high priority of texters. But I still cannot figure out the misplacement of the comma. Why add them in randomly? I guess there's just something in my gut that lets me know when commas are wrong, so why are so many people's guts broken??
(note, I'm not getting into the apostrophe thing, that's a HUGE soapbox of mine and I just don't have time to stand on it at the moment)