"Mildred Pierce takes on the Kennedys"??? TEAM DOWNTON ABBEY!!!
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 18, 2011 5:01:05 pm PDT #27059 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:06:15 pm PDT #27060 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
LL Cool J - totally sold out.
sj - Sep 18, 2011 5:06:41 pm PDT #27061 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Whitney looks super annoying to me, but I'm probably going to watch The New Girl. I like Zoey Deschanel.
Kat - Sep 18, 2011 5:08:22 pm PDT #27062 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Yeah Kyle Chandler! And Melissa McCarthy who designed her dress, I believe.
Steph L. - Sep 18, 2011 5:09:31 pm PDT #27063 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I am in love with stripper JKF and Stalin.
And alla y'all serial comma haters can bite my serial comma.
that is why it is addressed in "Style Guides"
Scare quotes? What is it when it's not a "style guide"? A phone book, perhaps? Big book of bathroom jokes?
(Note to self: add bathroom jokes to work style guide. I mean, work "style guide.")
quester - Sep 18, 2011 5:10:38 pm PDT #27064 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I won't have much choice about it, because I watch Glee and Raising Hope.
DavidS - Sep 18, 2011 5:15:26 pm PDT #27065 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Scare quotes?
I guess I could have used italics but they seem so snarky sometimes.
eta: Here's what's wrong with the Oxford comma. It's grammatical kludge. It is the unnecessary feature that keeps intruding on you in Word that you need to go spelunking through nineteen drop-downs to STOP. It is inelegant. It is frequently not necessary. It is as stodgy and dodering and slow as an Oxford Don.
It is a matter of style, not usage. When I want to clarify the list I am writing I will use an extra comma as it is needed. Otherwise, it slows the rhythm of the sentence. It creates an unnecessary visual impediment.
Ultimately it is a matter of the writer's choice, not the editor's. It is not required in all instances.
lisah - Sep 18, 2011 5:18:43 pm PDT #27066 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
And alla y'all serial comma haters can bite my serial comma.
yuuup. mine as well!
le nubian - Sep 18, 2011 5:20:29 pm PDT #27067 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I cannot believe "The Kennedys" won an award since it barely aired at all!
DavidS - Sep 18, 2011 5:21:12 pm PDT #27068 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And alla y'all serial comma haters can bite my serial comma.
I will gladly bite it hard enough to leave teeth marks which cause it to necrose and fall off.