Mal ,'Serenity'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Much job ~ma for Danaa's DH.
Matt, glad to hear good news about your mom!
-t, that's such a gorgeous area! I'm almost envious of your vacation except for the "backpacking" part. Have a great time!
The landscaper is here. I touched a plant I shouldn't've and now my hand itches. Work continues to kick my ass but I am slowly winning this battle. Q'apla.
Good mom news is great, Matt!
Job~ma, husband of Dana!
Happy vacationing, -t!
Fellow grammarians, have we lost the battle for not hyphenating an adverb adjective combo before a noun? In other words, phrases like "poorly defined law" rather than "poorly-defined law"?
I'm pretty sure CMOS agrees with me, but I see it all the time now.
We don't hyphenate adverb phrases when it's clear that the adverb modifies the following adjective, like when the adverb ends in -ly.
I'm with Zen on not using the hyphen when -ly is involved.
Good. I'm going to cling to you guys in this era of deteriorating standards.
I'm with Zen on not using the hyphen when -ly is involved.
Yeah, that's never needed.
I only learned that rule recently! I'd call it a recently learned rule, even.
There should be a reality TV show about editors making difficult calls on punctuation.
There should be a reality TV show about editors making difficult calls on punctuation.
Which TV chef yells at the contestants and makes them cry? Because that would be me.
(You can tell I don't watch cooking shows. I just know from commercials that there's at least one show with a really mean chef.)