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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Correct Spelling

Day 218 of the "What are you reading, and why?" project and I am reading The Correct Spelling & Exact Meaning, by Richard Jones, because he is one of my favorite poets, and a mentor!

And because I love correct spelling, punctuation, and exact meaning.  I like the comma before the "and" in a list.  Business punctuation, that trend that took the comma out, destroys the exact meaning.  Sigh....

And I love these pencils, posted by Dorianne Laux at Facebook.  Another favorite poet.

And I love the alphabet.  And erasers.
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5 comments:

  1. KathleenSeptember 14, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    But I do allow myself the judicious sentence fragment! And way too many exclamation points!!

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  2. KimSeptember 15, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    Sentence fragments are the sherbet between delicious sentences. Did I spell that right?

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  3. EllenSeptember 15, 2010 at 7:41 AM

    I am almost afraid to write something because my grammar and spelling "ain't what they should be" but I will anyway.

    I see from your older blogs that here is a place I can get ideas for some REALLY GOOD BOOKS to read. Thanks, Kathy.

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  4. KathleenSeptember 15, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    Hi, Ellen! Yep, that's what we do here: books!

    About spelling, fear not! As my sister's yoga book reassures me, "Be yourSLEF!" We are all imperfect in such a lovely variety of ways!

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  5. marydeeSeptember 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Kathy,
    Love love love the pencils posted by Dorianne!
    The photo has inspired me to start some kind of creative project. I need to get my paints out of the closet!
    Thanks.
    mary

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Go ahead and comment, and I will publish it after I get an email notification! Thanks!