on 04 Nov 2003: In my opinion, there is a decided difference between the two. That is easy to see. Your question is not a question but a challenge. and the greater is that you assume the truth of what you want to demonstrate with this structure.

You conveniently snipped the part where Donna disagreed with you. ... that is happening, no thanks to people such as you. There's no need to be unpleasant. I didn't snip anything that was relevant. My point, which Donna made for me, ...

You go, girl! I'm with ya'! I'm truly amazed at ... the right word. "Shocked" is. But so it goes ... I tend to write as if my own voice was in my ear. So, my writing imitates my own speech ... probably because the internal

Donna Richoux filted: As someone pointed out, "Halloween" itself means "All Hallow's Eve" and means the night before All Saints Day (Nov. 1). ... and only 4,000 or so uses of "Halloween Eve." It does exist, as a

On the contrary, the emphasis on "that" merely underscores the throwawayness of "now"; therefore, it requires a comma. You go, girl! I'm with ya'! I'm truly amazed at the responses of some of the writers here who

There's a Conservative Pol born to Mr & Mrs Gummer ... The media played along with him because they wanted interviews. Do you happen to know whether erstwhile Leader of the Hice Norman St John (pron. singein') Stevens was/is really

The omission of that comma has been one of my ... group are guilty of it. I think they are commaphobic. Now, now. Areff was 100% correct in not using a comma there, though. (You can't be right *every* time, Skitt.) I hate to contradict you

We differ. "Now that was beyond belief" doesn't deserve a ... on the word following "now", no comma should be expected. On the contrary, the emphasis on "that" merely underscores the throwawayness of

You do see the difference between these two, right? This question would be better put as "Do you see a difference between these two?" for two reasons. The lesser is that there is no necessary difference between the two, In my opinion,

}> The omission of that comma has been one of my pet peeves. Some of }> the best writers contributing ... of the comma before a noun of } address. My, comma pet peeves are getting a lot of attention lately! It has to do with Boy George