Saturday, November 11, 2017

Just saying

Was is something I read?
Oh, boy, what a difference a comma makes!  Reading Facebook this morning, I ran across this wrongly-placed comma:
"Well, said Matt."
What this reply actually means to communicate is:  "Well said, Matt.  I agree with you."  Instead, having misplaced the comma, the writer made me stumble.  (And laugh.)  I probably won't mention this to any of my friends because someone would reply, "Oh, Bonnie!  You knew what he meant!"  So, do you think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?

1 comment:

Helen's Book Blog said...

I love seeing mistakes like that as people think it doesn't really matter, but really, it does!