Top 5 Tips to Cut the Clutter

[510bhan]

http://grammar.about.com/od/words/tp/clutter_tips.htm

Lots of useful information and articles here.

[Pale Writer]

Thank you, Sio.

[Mrs N]

Oh my, I'm having enough trouble with commas!!! The more I look round this site, the more I realise I know nothing!! And I bet that comma's in the wrong place!!

Thanks for this 510bhan, have a feeling I'll be dipping in and out on a regular basis. 

[Pale Writer]

hahahahha, N.

I've been exactly where you are now. It'll pass.

[510bhan]

I like the examples.

Mrs N . . . comma's <--- commas [plural -- not a contraction or possessive therefore no apostrophe required -- maybe you thought it was a high comma!]

[Suemcb]

Sorry but I thought Mrs N. meant 'that comma is in the wrong place'. So 'comma's' is correct if used as a contraction. (How's that for loads of apostrophes?)

I thought the comma referred to was the comma between 'site and the'. Just don't expect me to know if that one is correct. I would say it was but don't trust me to be correct.🙊

Sue

[Mrs N]

I thought the comma referred to was the comma between 'site and the'. Just don't expect me to know if that one is correct. I would say it was but don't trust me to be correct.

Sue

Yes Sue, that was what I was refering to. Sorry for the hijack, 510bhan. I'd better start a 'comma' thread. That would give pause for thought!! (Sorry cliche, and bad joke rolled into one, and no help to anyone!!) 

[Alice, a Country Gal]

Speaking of commas . . . you just never know what you can find in our Writers Resource board. 


Comma Usage by Chord:
http://mywriterscircle.com/index.php?topic=22424.0

[510bhan]

Sorry but I thought Mrs N. meant 'that comma is in the wrong place'. So 'comma's' is correct if used as a contraction. (How's that for loads of apostrophes?)

I thought the comma referred to was the comma between 'site and the'. Just don't expect me to know if that one is correct. I would say it was but don't trust me to be correct.🙊

Sue

You're right -- I'm wrong . . . I read too fast and had seen the mistake of comma's before on another thread by Mrs N -- thought it was the same case here. Whoops. Sorry.