Comments on: A void http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/ Grammar, word nerds, and the editorial way. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: TootsNYC http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/#comment-4949 TootsNYC Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:19:56 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-4949 (you did notice that <i>gibbon, orangutan and ape</i> don't have m's--but they're not monkeys! It's easier if you can make it up as you go along. (you did notice that gibbon, orangutan and ape don’t have m’s–but they’re not monkeys!

It’s easier if you can make it up as you go along.

]]> By: mightyredpen http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/#comment-4944 mightyredpen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:05:31 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-4944 See? Not as easy at it looks! Now try doing it in French. See? Not as easy at it looks! Now try doing it in French.

]]> By: TootsNYC http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/#comment-4943 TootsNYC Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:52:19 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-4943 oops, no I didn't. I wrote this one without the letter that begins another word for <strike>chimpanzee</strike> <strike>marmoset</strike> <strike>simian</strike> <strike>lemur</strike> <strike>primate</strike> <strike>mandrill</strike> <strike>tamarin</strike> <strike>macaque</strike> <strike>gibbon</strike> <strike>orangutan</strike> <strike>ape</strike> oh, the heck with it! oops, no I didn’t.

I wrote this one without the letter that begins another word for chimpanzee marmoset simian lemur primate mandrill tamarin macaque gibbon orangutan ape

oh, the heck with it!

]]> By: TootsNYC http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/#comment-4942 TootsNYC Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:21 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-4942 Frank, I count one letter "x" in your sentence--sorry to have to point it out, but you failed. However, I wrote this one without a letter em. Frank, I count one letter “x” in your sentence–sorry to have to point it out, but you failed.

However, I wrote this one without a letter em.

]]> By: Frank Drone http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/a-void/#comment-4941 Frank Drone Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:17:57 +0000 http://mightyredpen.wordpress.com/?p=734#comment-4941 I wrote this sentence without using the letter x. Damn! Avoiding letters is hard. I wrote this sentence without using the letter x.

Damn! Avoiding letters is hard.

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