Hi, I am in full agreement with you. I have seen people misuse to and too. I get so mad when people say "me and my friend" or when people (including teachers) use your for you're instead of the right one. I agree with what you said about the immigrants. Jackie On 3/19/12, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Well, actually, Gary, you're right in one way. Publishers and authors > are scattered in their ways of dealing with dialogue. However, I got > the impression that she asked because either the paragraph marks in her > book had been munged somehow and she was trying to recreate them, or > she wanted to know what the standard is. > > You're right that as proofers we can't correct stuff in a book that is > printed there, even if it is nonstandard usage. However, if you're in > a position to insert paragraph marks, then you do need to know > something about how it's done. the standard will at least give you a > yard stick by which to measure any major corrections of this type. > Besides, Gary, I had a lot of fun writing that dialogue. It just > piqued my crazy sense of humor. > > Seems most things are nonstandard in grammar and usage any more. The > numbers of times I've heard people misusing I and me is astonishing. > These are people who should know better! Used to be that it was "me" > that got musused. Now it's "I". People say, "There are two doughnuts > in that bag, one for you, and one for I." I'm serious! Is it any > wonder immigrants have a hard time learning English if we can't figure > out what's right ourselves? > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info > Skype: Putertutor > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > -- Currently Reading: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan and Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.