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Originally Posted by BetterRed
 BR should not use of different smileys that have the same meaning within the same thread. As sinful as using different words with the same meaning, or the same word with different meanings within the one scene; not even Spokeshave stooped as low as that, although Goldsmith probably did 
That'll put cat 'mongst pigeons, lad. Where's that tin-foil 'at at then 
I checked the grammar of the revised version of the sentence at question in Word, Grammarly, Reverso, and Spell & Grammar Check; none complained about the third sentence, although there were some quibbles about the second. Here's my revised version of the post in its entirety:
@ seacity - please have your four-year old grand-daughter cast her beadies across that. And, don't encourage her to be a politician, cast her instead as an old-school editor, heavens knows we need some of them. IMO we have more than enough mealy-mouthed politicians and hangers-on thereto. Out of the mouth of babes... Psalms 8.1
BR |
Good advice! Did not take it as an accusation. We all have grammar fails. I cringe at some of the allegedly professional book reviews on Publisher's Weekly. There seems to be a major love of the run-on sentence! A lot of parents, including my daughter, are very concerned about the new Common Core standards. They don't even teach cursive writing anymore. The 4 year old is already reading on a first grade level but her Mom, wisely I believe, wants her to develop a love of "real" books first. She loves Mom's Ipad but it's use is very supervised. She loves to come to my office because I keep a little pink toy laptop there & we make her a desk with pads & colored pencils. She loves the paper shredder - good skill for future politicians! Right now she just wants to be "Merida" the Disney warrior princess & "ride like the wind."