Dearly beloved, we meet today to put to rest the comma. In this life he was often abused and misused to tether long run-on sentences together. We put far too pressure on his weak frame. He was thrown randomly into text as proof of grammar usage. At other times we ignored him entirely leaving our words breathless and tumbling atop one another. Our readers gasped for his life-saving breath. We have argued his fine points. Grammarians dispute his position in the sentence throwing his small curves around and leaving him up to style. His best advice was always to be consistent in his usage. He will join the martyred ranks of grammar saints such as the semicolon and the apostrophe. We would pause in remembrance, but we cannot without him.
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meganleighty Said:
on July 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm
This is my favorite! Are you going to hang it in your classroom? You can put a picture of me beside it as one of its killers! Notice, I didn’t use a comma in that last sentence… I bet I was supposed to. -Mandy
meganleighty Said:
on July 10, 2009 at 3:22 pm
haha, I have to say that my favorite line is- “He will join the martyred ranks of grammar saints such as the semicolon and the apostrophe.”
No, my favorite is the last line.
-Mandy, again