<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Brian,<div>Don’t forget the Oxford comma, drive me nuts</div><div>B<br><br><div dir="ltr">“Cactus Jack drinks coffee black......” M.Murphy</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 28, 2020, at 10:16 PM, Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr">
  
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    Some people have an eye for this type of thing.  In my case, I'm
    drawn to extra spaces between words or a single space after the
    punctuation at the end of a sentence. <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/27/2020 12:52 PM, Ron L'Herault
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Warning:   This is not Triumph related.   <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I’m an uptight New Englander who was taught
          English grammar by nuns who had sticks.  8-).     Face Book,
          was the first place I’d seen this usage.  Now it appears in a
          mailing list message.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">“Needs Restored like that one.”<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">I look at that and first wonder, needs
          restored what?   Then deep in the recesses of my mind, I hear
          Sister Thomasina saying  “You will write ‘needs to be
          restored’ 100 times on the blackboard. When you are done, you
          will write ‘needs restoration’ 100 times as well.”   <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">So, since it is not a Triumph question,
          if people want to answer privately, super.   Do you use this
          sentence construction habitually?  In what part of the country
          do you live?  I was not an English major. I’m definitely not a
          great writer and don’t spell everything correctly, but I’m
          extremely curious to find out the extent of the usage and this
          is a nice friendly group who may be able to help me. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">Let’s hear it for fluif.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText">Ron L’Herault <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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