The next in our almost weekly e-mail series, brought to you courtesy of The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Fourth Edition.
Page 437:
The word facetiously has all the vowels, including Y, in order.
Page 447:
Charlotte Bronte and William Wordsworth asked their publishers to correct the punctuation in their manuscripts.
Page 444:
F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own jokes.”
Makes you wonder what F. Scott would say about emoticons and texting!! LOL
"An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own jokes."
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