I beg to differ about 'but also.' In the case here, it is used correctly, to mean, it is A, but (negating A some, meaning It is A but not entirely A) it is also (additionally) B. "And also" doesn't mean the same thing here; it would imply A and B are not particularly set against each other.
I also think "makeup" as a noun is one unhyphenated word, but it's likely accepted either way. I think "make up" is to come back to accord after an argument, or to invent; "make-up" is an adjective as in "make-up sex;" and "makeup" is the stuff you put on your face.
An ellipsis (incidentally, two L's in ellipsis/ellipses *g*) makes sense as a trailing-off speech indicator. More grammatically problematic about "Lee...," is the comma. Either an ellipsis or an emdash (--) serves as the punctuation that goes after the speech inside the closing quotation mark.
florahart, that's the coolest icon. That's exactly how I felt when I was writing this. :-)
I'll look up how to make the punctuation inside quotation marks work correctly. I just realized I used at least two different ways, so one of them has to be wrong.
Sorry, I had a college English prof who said "but also" was absolutely never correct. Possibly things have changed since then. I realize that sometimes what was once considered bad grammar, can change later. I merely remember what she insisted. And "but also" was her pet peeve.
"Make up" without the hyphen is two words used as a verb. I agree makeup without the hyphen is used as you say.
My comment on the ellipsis is from a current book on correct writing. Have to get back to you on the exact one and the author, as I am at work and don't have it in front of me. My missed "l" was a typo.
I can't actually find (at an admittedly quick look) a reference to it being bad grammar, and it's used, uh, on a lot of grammar sites anyway. Here's one: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/grammar_handbook/parallelism.htm
I also think "makeup" as a noun is one unhyphenated word, but it's likely accepted either way. I think "make up" is to come back to accord after an argument, or to invent; "make-up" is an adjective as in "make-up sex;" and "makeup" is the stuff you put on your face.
An ellipsis (incidentally, two L's in ellipsis/ellipses *g*) makes sense as a trailing-off speech indicator. More grammatically problematic about "Lee...," is the comma. Either an ellipsis or an emdash (--) serves as the punctuation that goes after the speech inside the closing quotation mark.
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I'll look up how to make the punctuation inside quotation marks work correctly. I just realized I used at least two different ways, so one of them has to be wrong.
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"Make up" without the hyphen is two words used as a verb. I agree makeup without the hyphen is used as you say.
My comment on the ellipsis is from a current book on correct writing. Have to get back to you on the exact one and the author, as I am at work and don't have it in front of me. My missed "l" was a typo.
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