One of our freelance writers doesn't know the difference between a dash, an en dash and an em dash.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MOTHER OF PEARL AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

GRAMMAR NAZI RAGE

9/30/2009 9:23:32 AM

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9/30/2009 9:24:40 AM

you're such an English major

9/30/2009 9:25:57 AM

I really want to karate chop his neck.

9/30/2009 9:27:03 AM

9/30/2009 9:27:23 AM

...against the machine?

9/30/2009 9:27:25 AM

srs, how could they NOT know that?

9/30/2009 9:28:04 AM

As a professional writer, he's paid to know this.

Also, he doesn't know the difference between its and it's.

And he ends most sentences with prepositions.

9/30/2009 9:29:41 AM

Who are you talking to?

(Did I just end with a preposition?)

9/30/2009 9:30:13 AM

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RAGE

9/30/2009 9:31:08 AM

Yes, you did. But you are not a professional writer, so I don't mind.

9/30/2009 9:31:30 AM

FWIW, which I'm sure is very little, you just became much more attractive to me.

9/30/2009 9:40:58 AM

Yeah being a female grammer nazi is hot.

9/30/2009 9:47:07 AM

hands off the goods, fellas

9/30/2009 9:51:03 AM

I'll admit, I had to look this up (look up this? that just sounds wrong...) I was unaware there were so many confusing rules surrounding the myriad of dashlike symbols available.

9/30/2009 9:54:40 AM

lucy you need to watch that movie i was talking about.

9/30/2009 10:09:00 AM

9/30/2009 10:09:58 AM

Just what tdub needed, some more pussy pedalstaling.

9/30/2009 10:11:54 AM

^^^ The cast looks great. Will add to my list. Thanks for the recommendation.

The rage continues. I just had to explain the concept of a sentence fragment. "To make this a sentence, you'll have to add a noun and a verb."

Isn't that taught in 1st grade?

9/30/2009 10:45:08 AM

against the machine

9/30/2009 10:46:31 AM

Ugh. I had to give the following lecture:

Quote :

" When you write, always consider this question: "Am I going to get my company sued by writing this?" If the answer is yes or maybe, then don't write it. "

Are people dumb?

10/6/2009 3:10:24 PM

yes

10/6/2009 3:12:17 PM

what exactly is it that you do for a living

10/6/2009 3:12:42 PM

I give people too much credit.

The "try not to get the company sued" conversation should NOT be necessary.

10/6/2009 3:13:11 PM

I write marketing materials (magazine ads, newspaper ads, web content, banner ads, print collateral, etc.) for a hotel company.

10/6/2009 3:14:21 PM

We already had a thread about this. But s/he should still know.

10/6/2009 3:14:36 PM

ummmmm. dash this








thats all i got

10/6/2009 3:15:15 PM

company getting sued = bad

10/6/2009 3:18:49 PM

Common sense isn't all that common.

10/6/2009 3:26:55 PM

10/6/2009 3:31:07 PM

just listened to voice of the voiceless.

10/6/2009 3:32:14 PM

^^ thats the bitch from Next Friday.

10/6/2009 3:44:01 PM

Can you employ me as a freelance writer? I'll work for free hotel rooms and getaways!

10/6/2009 4:04:04 PM

You're hired! Where do you want to go? You can write some blog posts for me for thelobby.com.

10/6/2009 5:01:05 PM

I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun...

people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since they grandparents bought one...

10/6/2009 5:03:49 PM

what's an en dash and an em dash?

hay Lucy!

10/6/2009 5:15:31 PM

^ Yeah educate us non-professional writers

10/6/2009 5:28:17 PM

The en dash, or n dash, n-rule, etc., (–) is roughly the width of the letter n. It is shorter than an em dash. The en dash is used in ranges, such as 6–10 years, read as "six to ten years".

The em dash (—), or m dash, m-rule, etc., often demarcates a parenthetical thought—like this one—or some similar interpolation.

10/6/2009 5:36:54 PM

Quote :

"And he ends most sentences with prepositions."

hate this

10/6/2009 5:39:14 PM

The en dash can be used in lieu of ellipses and should be used to provide additional information. The sentence should be able to stand alone even if you delete the en dash(es) and the information within the en dash(es).

10/6/2009 5:40:13 PM

I can't stand fuckers who don't know how to use a mother-fucking hyphen, let alone an em dash.

10/6/2009 5:42:07 PM

Fuck you - i won't do what you tell me (to)

10/6/2009 6:36:20 PM

I just had to explain adjectives, adverbs and nouns to my colleague. She's a writer.

Seriously? How can you call yourself a writer if you can't tell the difference between an adjective and a noun?

I may snap today.

11/16/2009 11:35:36 AM

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11/16/2009 11:38:02 AM

to me it look like a leprechaun to me!

11/16/2009 11:38:26 AM

I get this very same rage! Some days I think, "If I see one more fucking comma splice I WILL hurt someone."

11/16/2009 11:47:18 AM

^ I feel your pain. Where do you work? And what do you do?

11/16/2009 11:53:41 AM

[Edited on November 16, 2009 at 11:55 AM. Reason : .]

11/16/2009 11:54:54 AM

in his defense, no one really cares

11/16/2009 11:55:49 AM

I'm a copy editor with a company that publishes magazines and other random things

11/16/2009 11:56:44 AM