Just wanted to share this helpful site from Grammar Girl and compose the message within the confines of a sentence fragment.
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The Chicago Manual of Style e-mails me each month with a fun list of Q&A's. The little e-mail teaser is free and by clicking on the site itself, I can sharpen my blue pencil regarding those pesky questions that seem to keep arising, and arising, and arising.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/
Disclaimer: I do not work for CM and never have and don't own any stock. I just think it's a great and invaluable resource for anyone starting out.
It may seem daunting -- a 954-page orange tome -- but it's a great read, esp. the front section on making a book. It's well indexed and topics build clearly in complexity. Reading just the opening paragraphs of the core chapters gives you a good start.
If you're acquainted with it and use it, editors everywhere will bless you!
Cheerio
The Chicago Manual of Style e-mails me each month with a fun list of Q&A's. The little e-mail teaser is free and by clicking on the site itself, I can sharpen my blue pencil regarding those pesky questions that seem to keep arising, and arising, and arising.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/
Disclaimer: I do not work for CM and never have and don't own any stock. I just think it's a great and invaluable resource for anyone starting out.
It may seem daunting -- a 954-page orange tome -- but it's a great read, esp. the front section on making a book. It's well indexed and topics build clearly in complexity. Reading just the opening paragraphs of the core chapters gives you a good start.
If you're acquainted with it and use it, editors everywhere will bless you!
Cheerio
I'm terribly sorry, but I can't consider this a fragment. The sentence's subject, I, is clearly understood, just as it is in the imperative, Go!
Maryn, feeling her oats, or perhaps someone else's oats
Cool. I added her to my favorites list.
And I'm steering clear of you lot and your dirty minds.
Soccer Mom, a sparkling clean and innocent liar
And I'm steering clear of you lot and your dirty minds.
Soccer Mom, a sparkling clean and innocent liar
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