A request

[darkfyre_muse]

As noted by Monday's post and in passing last night, I am trying to blog on a regular basis. Both here and on a real professional type blogger blog. I am remembering that I like to write, it helps me think. I am also realizing that my 9th grade grammar foundation seems to have erroded quite a bit. Which side of but does the comma go on? Am I using i.e. correctly? And probably a slew of other things I don't even know that I don't know. So a request to all of you reading who care about grammar. If I screw it up, leave a comment. I will happily try to absorb and implement the info. Also any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide. Somewhere that I can go when I know that I don't know how to do something?

Thanks!

Comments

[jazzfish]

RAY BONES: When I speak, I speak for Jimmy. E.g., from now on, you start showing me the proper fuckin' respect.
CHILI: "E.g." means "for example". What I think you want to use is "i.e."
RAY BONES: Bullshit, it's short for "ergo".
CHILI: Ask your man.
BODYGUARD: Best of my knowledge, "e.g." means "for example."
RAY BONES: E.g., i.e., fuck you!
--Get Shorty

[darkfyre-muse.livejournal.com]

scandalous! And this from an english major!

[jack_calls_dances]

Ok, I'll start.

"Also any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide." is a sentence fragment....ya don't got no verb there! It should also probably be a question. Perhaps: "Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a good writer's reference guide." If you want humorous grammar books, check out Fumble Rules by William Saffire and Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss (www.eatsshootsandleaves.com)

J

[imaginarycanary.livejournal.com]

also, it's "eroded" not "erroded" LOL. I hate correcting people. It feels weird. SO, I prefer the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers. The MLA also produces a guide to the rules of writing and documentation. The comma would go before the but and the head goes before the butt. Usually. :)

[jack_calls_dances]

B(my wife) highly recommends The Deluxe Transitive Vampire. It explains things clearly and uses fun, amusing, and memorable examples.

aha!

[fishy1.livejournal.com]

i need your physical address! (g-mail or chat me)

I have a spare copy of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, which i will send to you. It is funny and also a punctuation guide.