A lot of hubski is in school still, so from time to time . . .
We just gave my father-in-law a t-shirt that says "1. Let's eat Grandma. 2. Let's eat, Grandma. -Commas Save Lives. He has a second career as a Technical writer in automotive as well as an adjunct professor at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, MI. Don't worry. Someone is fighting the battle. The others are eating their elders. I sure hope I used my commas correctly, boy, would that, look, so, silly.
One does not want to overuse anything, not commas, not dashes when used instead of commas, and, especially not, that delicate flower of punctuation: the semi-colon. I often have students who over-parenthesize when a comma or dash will do. I see that as a much more egregious offence than over-dashing. I can see the overuse discussion being part of the three bears series (in due course). Hey 8bit, I was catching up on your gaming blogs earlier tonight. Do you take on a particular voice or style in those blogs?
Hmm. I suppose. I think I assume you already have some knowledge about vidjagames in general, and I try to write on things that haven't been considered before. I don't really know how to do blogs, though - sometimes I treat it as a sort of game-journal, sometimes as a panel to ask questions, or to connect my experiences with games to experiences with other things, like traveling, or school. I think when the year starts I want to try some sort of weekly or biweekly feature. But I don't want to turn the blog into a job, either, haha. edit: so many commas I'm sorryyyy
Admittedly, I'm one of the many people guilty of using too many commas in my life. I don't know how many I would be able to eliminate from the sentence as is. I would definitely be able to nix the first one. The second one seems, while less important, to add space to the sentence in a way I find pleasing. It would look odd to me if it was missing. The third comma is necessary AFAIK, or my third grade teacher lied to me. I would have to completely restructure the quoted sentence if I wanted to remove the final comma there. I guess I just love commas too much. I am obviously incorrect but I have no idea how to complete this exercise to your satisfaction!One night, while walking to the bar, Kate told me, "You know, you are not at all like we thought you were."
I agree with you and your third grade teacher, but I'd just take out the "you know." When recounting a story we have to make it readable. This might require sacrificing some of the exact words. "You know" does not add any meaning to the sentence so those words can go and we are left with Thanks for participating. Stay tuned for more bad sentences.While walking to the bar one night, Kate told me, "You are not at all like we thought you were."
Gotcha. I appreciate modifying the quote slightly to help with readability. Were it the news, i guess you'd put a [...] in front of it, or some such.