tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post6260660726965084534..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: The P. Morrison Donations #1: A Good Year For Dwarfs? / Carter Brown (Signet 4320)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-61573885926969164862011-12-22T14:36:55.831-08:002011-12-22T14:36:55.831-08:00Yes, em dash not hyphen. My bad. Problem here is t...Yes, em dash not hyphen. My bad. Problem here is that it's not doing anything except, I suppose, creating dramatic pause. Take it out, sentence is perfectly grammatical. Never seen it used to indicate dramatic pause *with no other grammatical use*. The em dash is highly versatile—I use it all the time—but I do not think it's being used correctly here. After the "is?" Thought needs to be complete on one side of the em dash, or picked up on the other side of the em dash. Here, I think an ellipsis is in order. <br /><br />But I'm going to ask grammarian friends because I do see that the em dash can be used "for emphasis" (vague, but intriguing). Thanks.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#Em_dash<br /><br />rpRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-90589901278192559402011-12-22T12:30:22.362-08:002011-12-22T12:30:22.362-08:00I join the consensus on the fact that your blog is...I join the consensus on the fact that your blog is clearly one of those summits of cultural achievement by which our civilisation will be judged by generations as yet unborn, but I must say that I do not understand what your complaint is about a hyphen on the front cover. The hyphen 'porno-flick' looks to me pretty standard; between 'is' and 'murder' is an em-rule, not a hyphen, and using it like that is also quite normal (at least in BrE).Baron d'Ormesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489754421414413362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-33547719441314132722011-12-21T18:36:25.853-08:002011-12-21T18:36:25.853-08:00Chicly clothed or buckly naked would have been mor...Chicly clothed or buckly naked would have been more poetic....D.A. Trapperthttp://danktarn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-10152662961474689182011-12-21T13:33:29.827-08:002011-12-21T13:33:29.827-08:00Man, just when you think you know all the slang te...Man, just when you think you know all the slang terms for penis, along comes a new one. However, <i>income</i>? Is that some porn industry inside slang?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com