punctuation
Sat Jan 20 23:34:21 EST 2018
mikiekwoodsThe Big Broadcast is WAMU's longest running program.
I think they meant to say "longest-running", with that sneaky little hyphen. It doesn't mean the same thing. Punctuation is important.
I look at the station's schedule and I see that running 4 hours, it ties with (Mon-Fri news program) Morning Edition, so it's technically true, although for me an unqualified "-est" implies no ties.
Sunday 16:03
Just heard on NPR News:"A second day of women's marches are under way across the country...."
Subject: "day"
Verb: "are"
What's happened to basic education? What's happened to proofreaders and editors?
Barbara Cline, hit the books!
You could have said "For a second day, women's marches are under way...."
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mikiekwoodsThe Big Broadcast is WAMU's longest running program.
I think they meant to say "longest-running", with that sneaky little hyphen. It doesn't mean the same thing. Punctuation is important.
I look at the station's schedule and I see that running 4 hours, it ties with (Mon-Fri news program) Morning Edition, so it's technically true, although for me an unqualified "-est" implies no ties.
Sunday 16:03
Just heard on NPR News:"A second day of women's marches are under way across the country...."
Subject: "day"
Verb: "are"
What's happened to basic education? What's happened to proofreaders and editors?
Barbara Cline, hit the books!
You could have said "For a second day, women's marches are under way...."
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/951591.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]