You put a comma before a quote.

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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No I didn't. Why would you want to put a comma between the verb and the
object? Absolute twaddle!
And stop top posting!
Ian.

In message , Airy R. Bean
writes
You omitted a comma.

ITYM, "However, I doubt if many
of their inmates pronounce, 'pronunciation' correctly.".

"Ian Jackson" wrote in
message
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However, I doubt if many
of their inmates pronounce 'pronunciation' correctly.



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It is not a pause in speech. It is correct grammar.

Also, the comma after, "ITYM" is equally as correct grammar.
Both introduce the quoted text.

The full stop, not a, "period" for English-speakers, at the end
of the sentence is not redundant. It marked the end of my sentence.

"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:00:40 +0100, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
You omitted a comma.
ITYM, "However, I doubt if many of their inmates pronounce,
'pronunciation' correctly.".
This addition suffers from the misapplication of a comma as a
substitute for the pause in speech - that, or it is entirely out of
place. Either way its addition is in error. The redundant period at
the end is also in error. The comma after the ITYM is awkward at
best.

Hi OM,

The "however" is set off from the rest of the sentence because it is a
transitional adverb. Contemporary usage would allow it to stand or
not be used since the sentence is short. By adding the second comma,
you render " I doubt if many of their inmates pronounce" as a
non-restrictive clause. This means that its absence would not alter
the sense of the sentence. This is obviously not the case above.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:26:54 +0100, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:

It is not a pause in speech. It is correct grammar.

Also, the comma after, "ITYM" is equally as correct grammar.
Both introduce the quoted text.

The full stop, not a, "period" for English-speakers, at the end
of the sentence is not redundant. It marked the end of my sentence.


Hi OM,

All presumptions.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

The greater pity will come when it is not, and a nation of English
speaking Americans are the step-and-fetchits working for the Chinese
as waiters, launderers or field slaves. Coming as soon as Nov. 2.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

While I have no trouble believing that someone is working twoard this, you
might remember what we were told about how Russia was working to take over
here.. Turned out that they were being told that we were trying to take them
over, and they were doing what they thought they had to do for self
defence..

I've been there, and they are by and large, "guys like us".

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KC6ETE Dave's Engineering Page, www.dvanhorn.org
Microcontroller Consultant, specializing in Atmel AVR

A comma essentially indicates a pause - and there certainly wasn't any
pause in this case.
Is you native language German or Dutch? I think that you might be more
correct in those languages.
Anyway, this is getting boring, and is seriously off-topic, so I'm going
to shut up and think sweet thoughts about antennas.
Ian.

In message , Airy R. Bean
writes
You put a comma before a quote.

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
...
No I didn't. Why would you want to put a comma between the verb and the
object? Absolute twaddle!
And stop top posting!
Ian.

In message , Airy R. Bean
writes
You omitted a comma.

ITYM, "However, I doubt if many
of their inmates pronounce, 'pronunciation' correctly.".

"Ian Jackson" wrote in
message
...
However, I doubt if many
of their inmates pronounce 'pronunciation' correctly.



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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:33:06 -0500, "Dave VanHorn"
wrote:


While I have no trouble believing that someone is working twoard this, you
might remember what we were told about how Russia was working to take over
here.. Turned out that they were being told that we were trying to take them
over, and they were doing what they thought they had to do for self
defence..


It's because the little boys in the Pentagon, the CIA and our MI5 and
MI6 in the UK like to play war games. They haven't grown up. As you
rightly imply, Mr Joe Average in any country just wants to live out
his life in peace and quiet.

"Peter" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:33:06 -0500, "Dave VanHorn"
wrote:


While I have no trouble believing that someone is working twoard this, you
might remember what we were told about how Russia was working to take over
here.. Turned out that they were being told that we were trying to take
them
over, and they were doing what they thought they had to do for self
defence..


It's because the little boys in the Pentagon, the CIA and our MI5 and
MI6 in the UK like to play war games. They haven't grown up. As you
rightly imply, Mr Joe Average in any country just wants to live out
his life in peace and quiet.


Absolute blather!

As for the average representative of the late Evil Empire being no different
than your typical Brit, I would ask how many civilian airliners has the MoD
ordered destroyed for getting too close to Scotland?

I saw the Arabs giving out candies in the streets on September 12th. There
IS something different about those people, and twenty verses of Kumbiyaah
will not change the evidence.

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Ed
WB6WSN