Re: Punctuation

["John Posada" <writer -at- tdandw -dot- com>]

> > assuming, as most of us do, that standards originate in
the need for
> > clarity)?
>
> I don't make this assumption at all. Sometimes, standards
are simply the effort
> of those of us who are educated to impose our beliefs on
others. More
> realistically, standards are simply common usage of one
group of speakers or

Here's what I'm doing...in my spare time between gigs I am
going to produce a style book and I will offer it on the
web...I may even be able to talk some friends into offering
it for sale on the BN.com web site. In it I am eliminating
all punctuation except period.

taDA. It is official...an alternative to Chicago and MLA and
APA or MMOS.

> writers. That's why there are two views of whether to use
a comma in the

> >How about I just stop using a colon
> >after the salutation in a business letter?

my GOD

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
writer[at]tdandw.com



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