[NEohioPAL] (Anyone know who sent this?) How about learning some grammar & editing skills..

[Penelope Quade]

I only reply about the N-dash thing because I'm an english nerd...I openly
admit that.  I think the original poster was talking about the punctuation
mark...n-dash is kind of a fancy way of saying dash.  The Chicago Manual of
Style (similar to MLA, AP, APA, etc---told you I was a nerd) differentiates
between an n-dash (--), which is used for connecting numbers and dates (as
in 1998--1999), and the m-dash (---) which is used more frequently for
parentheticals and things of that nature.  For example....  "Darkness,
thunder, a sudden scream---nothing alarmed the child."

Just wanted to clear that up...and sufficiently show how much of a nerd I
really am.  That's not to say I think the original poster was justified in
what they said...who even CARES about en dashes and em dashes besides
publishers anyway!?!  I'm an english professor, and I don't teach that
stuff!!!

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Brian Del Bianco <ilbasso at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>  All I know is that "Try looking up the words you're sending NEO-PAL with
> every 5 minutes" coming from somebody critical of language usage is pretty
> funny.
>
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> From: lipschtick at lipschtick.com
> To: neohiopal at listserve.com
> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 00:36:02 -0400
> Subject: [NEohioPAL] (Anyone know who sent this?) How about learning some
> grammar & editing skills...
>
> I received this hostile message from ferns5565 at mypacks.net just a few
> moments ago.  Anyone know who it is?
>
> Jean Zarzour
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>  *From:* ferns5565 at mypacks.net
> *To:* lipschtick at lipschtick.com
> *Sent:* Friday, June 06, 2008 7:52 PM
> *Subject:* How about learning some grammar & editing skills...
>
>  ...before you try to teach anyone else anything?  How about:
>
>
> Find Your Voice
>
> Voiceover Institute
>
>
>
> ..or what ever the frig it is.  Try looking up the words you're sending
> NEO-PAL with every 5 minutes, then look up the proper usage of an N-Dash.
> Christ, almighty...
>
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