(Thanks to Karen Holt for the idea!!!)
In the English Grammar System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups; the hyperactive hoi polloi who improperly use multiple exclamation points, and the police who investigate these crimes and arrest the offenders. These are their stories!!!!
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(Thanks to Karen Holt for the idea!!!) In the English Grammar System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups; the hyperactive hoi polloi who improperly use multiple exclamation points, and the police who investigate these crimes and arrest the offenders. These are their stories!!!!
In the English “Language System” the people are “represented” by two separate, yet equally important “groups”; the grammar-deficient public who “insert” gratuitous “quotation marks” without regard for “meaning”, and the “police” who “investigate these crimes” and “arrest” the offenders. These are their “stories”. (Click here to buy this graphic on mugs, hats, t-shirts, etc!)
In the English Grammar System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups; the poorly-educated masses who insert unnecessary apostrophes and omit required ones, and the police who investigate these crimes and arrest the offenders. These are their stories. (Click here to buy this graphic on mugs, hats, t-shirts, etc!)
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Great post! I’m always excited to read about extraneous exclamation points! LOL!
No!!!!!!!!!!! Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!