All tech writers who ever played Adventure, especially playing Adventure after a long, hard day of turning engineering notes into copy, can salute this! I especially liked ">search for commas at randomly-chosen intervals in middle of sentence in places where NO COMMAS SHOULD BE" Sounds like a lot of engineers I've known over the years. ("But that's where I take a breath!")
I'm taking a little of that "especially for" too-- I still have all the final essays for my writing intensive computers & society class to grade. I have been procrastinating like crazy because those renegade commas and apostrophes give me enough nightmares as it is.
Little Knits, being in the Pacific Northwest, was hard hit by the winds and stuff, so they actually had someone who had to live in the shop due to snow, for three days. They couldn't post anything in that time, either, so have since sent it priority mail.
I figured you'd be okay if it wasn't quite there for Christmas as it's more of an "exchange for Good Stuff". *grin* So I'll tell you when I send it here, too. I love my little tiny local post office with No Lines. :-)
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Date: 2006-12-16 12:03 am (UTC)Thank you. I think.
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Date: 2006-12-16 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-16 12:59 am (UTC)Editoritis, I think, but with some TA thrown in as well.
*hugs* Correct English for all the best reasons. *grin*h
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Date: 2006-12-16 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-16 01:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-16 01:02 am (UTC)">search for commas at randomly-chosen intervals in middle of sentence in places where NO COMMAS SHOULD BE"
Sounds like a lot of engineers I've known over the years. ("But that's where I take a breath!")
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Date: 2006-12-16 03:23 am (UTC)thanks!
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Date: 2006-12-18 04:40 am (UTC)You're very welcome. I'm glad you relate. *evil grin*
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Date: 2006-12-18 04:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-18 04:42 am (UTC)Little Knits, being in the Pacific Northwest, was hard hit by the winds and stuff, so they actually had someone who had to live in the shop due to snow, for three days. They couldn't post anything in that time, either, so have since sent it priority mail.
I figured you'd be okay if it wasn't quite there for Christmas as it's more of an "exchange for Good Stuff". *grin* So I'll tell you when I send it here, too. I love my little tiny local post office with No Lines. :-)
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Date: 2006-12-18 04:24 pm (UTC)Don't worry about the timing; I'll be delighted to get it. ;)