My pet peeve is seeing then used instead of than in writing, and I have seen it in some books. Example, "I have more then you do." Also, "exact same". We used to have a teacher who used those two words and we made fun of her. Now I am seeing it in books.
Sue S. Sue S.-----Original Message----- From: Ixchel, Jackie
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 7:11 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: questions about quotes 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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