Subj : Grammar in the Bar
To   : Ed Vance
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Sun Jun 30 2024 15:10:42

Hi, Ed!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

EV>  When I read Dallas's joke I thought about the phrase:
EV>  "Love your kids but belt them in the car."

         Oh... now there's a wonderful example of how confusing some apparently short, simple words in English may be.  Just for starters, are we being told we ought to beat up on our kids or just ensure their seat belts are fastened?  :-Q


EV>  Hmmm, should I had put a period after the ending quote mark?

         AFAIK your punctuation there is correct in American & Canadian English because you were apparently quoting an entire sentence.  Although I may tend to do things a bit differently at times, I am a Canadian with ex-Brit roots.  :-))




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