LOL... there's another one: Grips vs. Gripes
Seriously, though, this is good stuff. I'll add them to my list. Dawson, Michael wrote: > My biggest grips are lack of hyphens and commas in the correct place. > > Hyphenation example: > > "These are pics of the big-breasted girl in accounting." > > Big and breasted must be hyphenated because they are required to > accurately describe the girl. One of my teachers told me to use each > adjective, separately, with the associated noun such as: > > "These are pics of the big girl in accounting." Sounds bad. Sounds > very bad. > > "These are pics of the breasted girl in accounting." Sounds better, but > what is a breasted girl? > > Therefore, these two words cannot stand by themselves and still make > express the author's intent. > > Now, on to commas... > Commas represent a pause in speech or a temporary change of topic. > > "These pics, which I have provided to all employees, are of the > big-breasted girl in accounting, not engineering." > > "These pics which I have provided to all employees, are of the > big-breasted girl in accounting not engineering." Without the commas, > it is very easy to shift the focus, or change of topic to the wrong > words or phrases. It causes the reader to slow down and re-read the > content. > > My other suggestion is to keep paragraphs short with a double-space to > separate them. > > Below is an example of what I typed earlier, but without whitespace: > > My biggest grips are lack of hyphens and commas in the correct place. > Hyphenation example: "These are pics of the big-breasted girl in > accounting." > Big and breasted must be hyphenated because they are required to > accurately describe the girl. One of my teachers told me to use each > adjective, separately, with the associated noun such as: "These are > pics of the big girl in accounting." Sounds bad. Sounds very bad. > "These are pics of the breasted girl in accounting." Sounds better, but > what is a breasted girl? > Therefore, these two words cannot stand by themselves and still make > express the author's intent. > Now, on to commas...Commas represent a pause in speech or a temporary > change of topic. > "These pics, which I have provided to all employees, are of the > big-breasted girl in accounting, not engineering." > "These pics which I have provided to all employees, are of the > big-breasted girl in accounting not engineering." Without the commas, > it is very easy to shift the focus, or change of topic to the wrong > words or phrases. It causes the reader to slow down and re-read the > content. > My other suggestion is to keep paragraphs short with a double-space to > separate them. > > M!ke > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161509 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
