Reality Check by Dave Whamond for May 29, 2023

He’s almost commatosed. Perhaps it’s his colon?

Comma chameleon.

commas are the bane of programmers, either you forget to put one in or you put one one when you do not need it

Commatose.

What if, uh, the editor, uh, just took, uh, the commas, and, uh, the uhs, out?

Try putting EXCLAIMATIONS ‼️HERE AND ‼️THERE AND SPICE IT UP! ‼️

Don’t forge’t the superfluou’s apo’strophe’s

Hmmm,from,apostrophes,to,commas!

What’s,next,?

“The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe” — F. Zappa

But then there are those people that won’t use ANY punctuation or capitals and you’re left guessing. Did they attend school at all???

Just like Captain James T. Kirk.

Get someone to proofread your work before you submit it!

I have always had a problem with hyphens. The “usage” books talk about a transition, from two words to a hyphenated word to one word. The hyphenated stage is supposed to be temporary and short. But who decides?

time step => time-step => timestep

William Shatner School of Writing

Some Ex Lax will get things moving right along.

Just read my ellipses.

Somepeoplespeakwithoutpausing

This……comic…..sounds like…..Captain Kirk……speaking!

I’m hearing William Shatner.

To edit-or knot two edit … any quests …?