tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post115555992238601599..comments2023-11-02T11:11:12.120-04:00Comments on Secrets of the Job Hunt: Helping College Students Become Better WritersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1155576024313315722006-08-14T13:20:00.000-04:002006-08-14T13:20:00.000-04:00>>Boy, somebody has too much time on their hands i...>>Boy, somebody has too much time on their hands if they're criticizing my punctuation.<<<BR/><BR/>Thank you for making my point *again*. Subject/verb agreement is also an important writing skill.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should see http://alt-usage-english.org/humorousrules.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1155570869728091002006-08-14T11:54:00.000-04:002006-08-14T11:54:00.000-04:00Boy, somebody has too much time on their hands if ...Boy, somebody has too much time on their hands if they're criticizing my punctuation.<BR/><BR/>I'll put my writing skills up against any college kids' day or night. There's a big difference between good writing and a missing apostrophe.C.M Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543470098716127821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13703322.post-1155566892859161622006-08-14T10:48:00.000-04:002006-08-14T10:48:00.000-04:00>>In an era where "Instant Message Shorthand" is t...>>In an era where "Instant Message Shorthand" is the defacto way to write, their aim is to make college students better at the written word. (Good luck with that!)<<<BR/>>>Lets hope they can make a dent in improving our kids writing skills.<<<BR/><BR/>Perhaps someone should start with his own? Perhaps he should fix the misplaced antecedent? Perhaps he should realize the sentence should read " ... our kids' writing skills."<BR/><BR/>Earlier in the post, "de facto" should be italicized.<BR/><BR/>Any post or comment about good writing should, in fact, encompass said skill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com