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Bonnie A. (Mizzou) -

Subject: Do punctuation matter?

Date Posted: 1/6/2015 5:51 PM ET
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The edition I'm reading of A Hazard of New Fortunes, by William Dean Howells, has a "Note on the Text" at t more...

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Matt B. (BuffaloSavage)

Date Posted: 1/7/2015 5:13 AM ET
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Let's e more...

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TomeTrader -

Date Posted: 1/8/2015 4:28 PM ET
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Yes, it m more...

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Bonnie A. (Mizzou) -

Date Posted: 1/9/2015 5:06 PM ET
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Matt and Laura, I know that. But what I wanted to hear your comments upon was the heavy more...

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TomeTrader -

Date Posted: 1/9/2015 9:33 PM ET
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But what I wanted to hear your comments upon was the heavy use of dashes, dots, and parenth more...

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Charles K. (textual)

Date Posted: 1/10/2015 7:50 AM ET
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for me I think it depends on whether I'm reading fiction or nonficti more...

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TomeTrader -

Date Posted: 1/10/2015 1:38 PM ET
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I remember enjoy more...

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Bonnie A. (Mizzou) -

Date Posted: 1/10/2015 5:20 PM ET
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I recently read the New Zealand author, Janet Frame, for the first time, She wrote as thoug more...

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