tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post8022825766808833151..comments2024-02-15T02:46:48.670-05:00Comments on Erin O'Brien: Page 123Erin O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09089592061725346901noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-81051233740153412482008-03-13T09:49:00.000-04:002008-03-13T09:49:00.000-04:00By linking from your blog to that place I have fin...By linking from your blog to that place I have finally found my true identity. A confounded asshole. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.<BR/><BR/>RJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-4263322945056503012008-03-12T22:35:00.000-04:002008-03-12T22:35:00.000-04:00The first five sentences from page 123 of my 39th ...The first five sentences from page 123 of my 39th Edition of the 2004 AP Style Book:<BR/><BR/><B>insofar as</B><BR/><BR/><B>in spite of</B> <I>Despite </I> means the same thing and is shorter.<BR/><BR/><B>intelligence quotience</B> <I>IQ </I>is acceptable in all references.<BR/><BR/>The "Times" they are a changing. Get it?!?!? TIMES! I crack me up.Helen Mansfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370905227460289276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-19486152340738355052008-03-12T15:31:00.000-04:002008-03-12T15:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for that splendid translation.I discovered ...Thanks for that splendid translation.<BR/><BR/>I discovered to my considerable interest while reading this post that "machine-gun" is only hyphenated when used as a verb or as an adjective.<BR/><BR/>I had no idea I was a geek to such a seismic extent.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Erin O'Brien, for a post which has provoked in this reader such an introspective insight.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267233281434285112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18122582.post-55933796958366304782008-03-12T14:24:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:24:00.000-04:00If I'm confounded by this whole Macau thing, does ...If I'm confounded by this whole Macau thing, does that make me an asshole?<BR/><BR/>I thought for SURE you were going to grab some arcane kinky sex manual. Although as titillation goes, a manual of libel is not far behind.deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410064795682939760noreply@blogger.com