Comments on: A Dash of Style http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-13009 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:42:22 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-13009 Gahhh! WP ate my comment :-( But what I said was I had broken the long sentence habit but had yet to let go of my beloved dashes. Still think--and this is just me--that it's ok to have some. :-) Gahhh! WP ate my comment :-(

But what I said was I had broken the long sentence habit but had yet to let go of my beloved dashes. Still think–and this is just me–that it’s ok to have some. :-)

]]> by: theamcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-12996 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:37:59 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-12996 I remember going to Robert Frost's home in Vermont and reading about the debate on the placement of a comma in Frost's poem, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening," and how by changing it, would have significantly changed its underlying meaning. I believe Frost refused to entertain the idea of moving it. Great post. I remember going to Robert Frost’s home in Vermont and reading about the debate on the placement of a comma in Frost’s poem, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening,” and how by changing it, would have significantly changed its underlying meaning. I believe Frost refused to entertain the idea of moving it. Great post.

]]> by: Juliet http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-12991 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:43:32 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2007/06/19/a-dash-of-style/#comment-12991 Sounds like a great book! As a semi-colon junkie, I think I should read it. Sounds like a great book! As a semi-colon junkie, I think I should read it.

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