of "crazies"... That HAS to be disconcerting to any candidate (other than Trump, of course, who depends on them).

Are they a bunch of "crazies" too?

Umm ok. And, yes, I'm sure Obama had some crazy supporters too.

OK should be capitalized because it's an acronym. Uncapitalized is never acceptable.
You need a comma before "too."

No.


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When using the word too, you only need to use a comma before it for emphasis. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, a comma before too should be used only to note an abrupt shift in thought.

The first sentence was you being all Grammar Nazi. The second sentence was about Obama having crazy supporters as well. That's a pretty quick shift in thought between two sentences. Hence, you need a comma before "too."

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Have a marvelous day, though!

" mythirtyyearsasanEnglishteacher.com : Indeed.

Not sure why you have ellipsis at the end of your subject since you have a complete sentence in the body.

You have a marvelous day, too.

That's absurd. Surely you realize that everybody sees through this bullshit? Why don't you give us the real reason you're criticizing the other poster's writing?

So, since they set the standard, I thought it would be good to let them know their shortcomings, too. I see you didn't respond to that first post of them mocking the typo? You probably should let them know that that was silly, too.

Or not. Whatever.

It's southern. In this context, with the internet standard dismissive response of "why don't you google it", it comes off as folksy patronizing. My interpretation of that other person's post was that they were questioning this tone, not correcting grammar. That's one reason I didn't comment.

Another reason is that it usually takes something pretty egregious for me to comment. I found that you insisting that your 38 years as an english teacher gave you the authority to tell somebody that lowercase ok was "never acceptable" and that you were doing it to promote effective communication met that bar.

I assumed it was a phone entry and just didn't delete the first of those two before deciding on the second. My bad. But that makes the response all the worse.

And I don't respond either. Basically never. Unless someone goes for someone's grammar as an ad hom. And everyone makes mistakes. My grammar on DU is often horrible, because I'm taking time when I have it to read and respond and am often not paying attention and rarely editing what I write.

And I think there is a time and a place for "you can google that." This seemed pretty much OK. They were just saying to look for this thing to see it. But I might be placing tone on that response since I initially responded to the person's attack on their grammar.

Thanks for the discussion, though. And for introducing me to a new regional idiom. Reminds me the first time I heard "do what?" in Kentucky.

That little clip really "humanizes" Bernie for me. I like it.



-Laelth

I have lots of thoughts about that... but I'll just remain silent (for obvious reasons). People who know me, already know what I'm thinking anyway.

That pic of his face