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Hoddle is a god
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The reason for my intrigue btw was to see if you understood the rule of grammar and punctuation when it comes to commas. It's not, as I think you believe, everytime you pause - which is something you were told when you were 5 mate. That's just something they tell you at that age to get you to use them, fella.
It has long be my unfortunate observation, that grammar is generally poorly understood. Few teachers, today, seem to understand it. I do accept, of course, that there has to be some flexibility in the use of punctuation, but the general rule is that it ought to be used in order to better convey the meaning that one wishes to put across. The problem, I believe, is that people have forgotten (or have failed to learn) how to use the semicolon and, therefore, fail to understand how ubiquitous the use is of the comma. This, I suggest, is your failing, Treble.
I accept that my use of the comma may be more profuse than modern acceptance deems acceptable - my prose may appear overly formal for a forum such as this - but I am content that I use it correctly. I have, for example, been published several times, in both academic/profession peer-review-type articles and in the literary press. My seminal work, The Way of the Wum Master (now into its seventh reprint), and been translated into 14 languages, none of which Skiddy or Bambi understand, it would appear.
