I thought I was too late to sign up for it because I was a couple days behind on reading Mel’s blog, but then she contacted me and asked if I could do a post about punctuation. Punctuation? Yes. Punctuation. or perhaps I mean: Yes…punctuation. The first response is clear cut. Yes. It is about punctuation. The second is slightly less certain. Yeeessss. I suppose it is about punctuation, of all things. It’s kinda rambly & disjointed but still, you must admit punctuation is the focus. Punctuation is very important when communicating on line – we have no sarcasm font or snarky response font – so punctuation helps fill in the gap. At least for me. I use ellipses … all the time. Sometimes they mean “and yes, here is the punch line” or “here is the sarcastic bit”. Usually they just express a general dubiousness about the whole thing, such as in my example, which is in line with their accepted use to suggest faltering or fragmented speech accompanied by confusion, inse
Good luck! Especially with the billing issue, those can take lots of time and transfers to many different departments and supervisors.
ReplyDeleteHey - I found someone with a list longer than min..although not by much :)
ReplyDeleteugh... the dreaded to do list! Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate. I hope you get everything done.
ReplyDeleteGeesh, that's a pretty long list!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have to tell you that your #3 is VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
I'm still mourning the loss of my hard drive, as I sit here and watch carbonite restore my files ... one at a time. Only 52,000 more to go.
Sigh.