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> Jerold Jeansonne wrote:
> >Someone wrote: "I don't use passive voice in my documentation, I use ACTIVE
> > voice."
> >
> >Does this person know what a comma splice is?
> and Michael Priestly responded:
> I'm not sure I do. I would have said there was an elided "instead", which
> would make the second clause dependent.
> In any case, nitpicking e-mail is a little below-the-belt, even in this list.
-- so please, folks, don't anyone point out that the comma is
inappropriate with or without "instead," or mention the unneeded
hyphens in "below-the-belt." We all know this kind of stuff, but we're
generally too busy to check the things we post here.
