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In Reply to: RE: Setright was also a classical clarinetist who played under Goosens. (nt) posted by John Atkinson on November 03, 2015 at 15:36:02
Hey John,I'm glad that you brought that up. I'm an excellent speller, but I struggle with the proper usage of semi-colons, elipseseses, dashes, quotation marks/ending punctuation.
I'm a big fan of Charles Osgood with regard to this - he seems to have all of this under control, and is quite likely the most grammatically articulate person I've heard (along with Bill Buckley).
But, the written word is a different animal than the spoken word, and the written word is where I have trouble duplicating the intent of the spoken word.
Can you point me to a good, more-or-less concise, reference source for these things?
Thanks!
:)
Edits: 11/05/15Follow Ups:
> the written word is a different animal than the spoken word, and the
> written word is where I have trouble duplicating the intent of the spoken
> word. Can you point me to a good, more-or-less concise, reference source
> for these things?
This is an enormous subject. For those of us "of a certain age," the bible
is Fowler's "Modern English Usage," linked below. Though first published
in 1928, its wisdom is still relevant. The fourth edition was published
this year.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Thanks for sharing as that is some very interesting ideas that I need to truly consider.
Jim Tavegia
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