At 03:58 AM 9/22/2004, Stewart McCoy wrote: >If we corrected each other's mistakes in English, we'd be here all >day.
Indeed. >1) One should not normally begin a sentence with "But", since "but" >is a word used to co-ordinate two parts of a sentence. ..i.e. a conjunction. >3) Throughout that passage there is a distinct absence of commas, >which are used to separate subordinate clauses from the rest of the >sentence. Commas are also used to separate introductory phrases. As "Throughout that passage" is an introductory phrase preceding the main clause of the sentence, it should also be separated by a comma. >I'm sorry to be somewhat abrasive, but you did say you preferred to >be corrected. I am not remotely abrasive, only having a bit o' fun. I think most of us are better editors than writers. I know I am. (I'm also a better editor than I am a musician.) When in doubt, I consult: Strunk, W. Jr. & E.B. White. 1979. The Elements of Style, 3rd ed. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York. In a gently ribbing spirit, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
