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To: Big Red Badger

It’s “your back porch,” FRiend Badger.

As opposed to “You are back porch,” which is what you actually wrote just now.

As to the possibility of a “coordinated attack on Western Civilization,” I freely admit that I don’t know. I tend to believe that when things go bad, it’s best to consider incompetence as an explanation before turning to malevolence.

Now, on to something I do know. Apostrophes keep cropping up in the strangest places.

I’m a retired editor. If there’s one thing I would like to teach all FReepers, it’s a few basic rules for clear communications.

And I don’t mean nitpicky grammar rules. I couldn’t tell an infinitive from a gerund. But the secret to effective writing is the voice inside your head — if it sounds right, it probably is right.

As long as all the words are spelled correctly, that is. I cut nobody an inch of slack on spelling, especially with all these computer-aided whirligigs we have on the Internet, whether we want them or not.


53 posted on 04/11/2020 10:20:21 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Nothingburger

Retired Editor?
.
I’m writing a book
Now,
Perhaps we could
Collaborate?


72 posted on 04/11/2020 1:16:48 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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