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Re: Memos show Clinton Turmoil Part 1

Feebs11 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:47:13 GMT

Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? It is a headline - they do not use standard grammar.

Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email addresses above? Addresses are better separated by semicolons - it establishes that they are different.

Question: Clinton didn't embrace Penn's approach because she did not consider it seriously. Therefore, what campaign aides were saying is redundant. They are the people to whom the journalists talked in order to find out what is happening.

Memos show Clinton turmoil

Jackson6612 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:05:10 GMT

Memos show Clinton turmoil

Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe?

BY CRAIG GORDON AND TOM BRUNE | <email addresses removed by mod.>
August 13, 2008

Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email addresses above?

WASHINGTON - In a fresh postmortem (=an examination of a plan or event that failed, done to discover why it failed, =autopsy) on Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid (=attempt to obtain or do something), newly published staff memos (=a short official note to another person in the same company or organization) and e-mails reveal a campaign hobbled (=to hobble something or someone means to make it more difficult for them to be successful or to achieve what they want) by internal rivalries (=a situation in which two or more people, teams, or companies are competing for something), faulty planning, bloated (=more than needed, =excessive) spending - and perhaps most important, Clinton's own failure to make the hard decisions.

Clinton offered herself to voters as a hyper-competent (=extra competent) executive ready to be president from day one. But atop (=on top of something) her own campaign, she was a hesitant leader, who allowed bitter infighting (=when members of the same group or organization argue, or compete with each other in an unfriendly way) to fester (=If an argument or bad feeling festers, it continues so that feelings of hate or dissatisfaction increase) among staffers over whether to go negative against Barack Obama, according to the Atlantic magazine.

The most bare-knuckled (=characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules) lines of attack came from Clinton's chief strategist, Mark Penn, who urged Clinton to highlight Obama's "lack of American roots" due to his upbringing in Indonesia and Hawaii - saying he could only win if he faced Attila the Hun ((?406-453 AD) a king of the Huns (=an ancient people from Asia) who attacked and took control of large parts of the Roman Empire. He is famous for being violent and cruel).

But Clinton didn't embrace Penn's flag-waving (=the expression of strong national feelings, especially when these feelings seem too extreme) approach (=way of doing something), which campaign aides (=someone whose job is to help someone who has an important job, especially a politician) insist was never seriously considered.

Question: Clinton didn't embrace Penn's approach because she did not consider it seriously. Therefore, what campaign aides were saying is redundant.

The article also says that Clinton at times grew frustrated and short-tempered - including on the morning after her stunning third-place finish in Iowa in January, when aides on a call were silent. Clinton's camp dismissed the story as "inside-the-Beltway gossip" and "old news." And former campaign aides sharply disputed the notion of Clinton as an indecisive leader, with one campaign veteran saying, "Nobody seems to want to remember the fact that we had so many successes and come-from-behind victories in this campaign ... and they are due in large part to Senator Clinton's leadership."

Question: What does the line including on the morning...when aides on a call were silent mean? If she finished third place, then why would the author describe it as stunning? What does call mean in when aides on a call were silent?

Question: What does the phrase inside-the-Beltway gossip mean?

Question: What does the line Nobody seems to want to remember...to Senator Clinton's leadership'' mean?

But the e-mails and memos offer vivid (=very clear and detailed) new details about what had long been reported - that Clinton's headquarters was beset (=to make someone experience serious problems or dangers) by caustic (=bitter) internal battles involving Penn and former President Bill Clinton, who wanted to forcefully attack Obama, and others who wanted the New York senator to take a more positive tack (=method, =way of doing something). At one point, it was Bill Clinton - and not Hillary - who approved the famed 3 a.m. phone call ad.

Question: what had long been reported is passive past perfect tense. Am I right?

Question: I think headquarters should take plural verb. What do you say?

Question: Why are the hyphens used in -and not Hillary-? I believe commas would do instead?

Adding to the turmoil was the fact that the campaign had little strategy and no money left to seriously compete in the post-Super Tuesday contests - having (=the form having with a past participle can be used to introduce a clause in which you mention an action which had already happened before another action began) burned through $106 million before Iowa. That allowed Obama to win 12 straight contests and effectively wrap up (=to finish a job, meeting etc) the nomination.

Question: What does burned through mean?

In the end, the campaign's strategy came to reflect some of the internal turmoil, as Clinton veered (=changed course) from attacking Obama to emphasizing her personal side.

Question: What does her personal side mean?

Penn did offer some advice in March 2007 that proved on the mark - Clinton's path to victory lay with women and lower- and working-class voters.

Question: What does proved on the mark mean? I couldn't find it in the dictionary.

But by the time Clinton finally settled on that strategy to win the later primaries, it was too late.

Excerpts from the memos

"All of these articles about his boyhood in Indonesia and his life in Hawaii are geared towards showing his background is diverse, multicultural and putting that in a new light ... It also exposes a very strong weakness for him - his roots to basic American values and culture are at best (=even when considered in the most positive way) limited. I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values." Strategist Mark Penn, from a March 19, 2007, memo to Hillary Rodham Clinton advising her to attack Barack Obama for his "lack of American roots."

Question: What does centre mean in the above context?

"The right knows Obama is unelectable except perhaps against Attila the Hun, and a third party would come in then anyway." Penn, from the same memo.

Question: Does right refer to right wing in the above context?

"This has been a very instructive call, talking to myself." Clinton, before angrily hanging up on a staff conference call the day after coming in third in Iowa in January. "She complained of being outmaneuvered (=to gain an advantage over someone by using cleverer or more skilful plans or methods) in Iowa and being painted as the establishment candidate," according to the Atlantic - but was met with near-silence.

Question: I would have written This has been..., talking to me. Why did she use myself?

Question: What is a conference call? Is it some kind of telephone call which address many poeple?

Question: Why is in used in coming in third?

"STOP IT!! I have help my tongue for weeks. After this morning's WP story, no longer. This makes me sick. This circular firing squad that is occurring is unattractive, unprofessional, unconscionable, and unacceptable ... It must stop." Robert Barnett, a Clinton lawyer and Washington insider, from a March 6, 2008, e-mail to campaign staff after a Washington Post story detailed the infighting.

Question: What does I have help my tongue for weeks mean?

Question: What does This circular firing squad mean?

Question: Were the comments in the last paragraph made by Robert Barnett?

Re: 'Sally asked me to complete 1 exercise ... Essentials of Writing

Mister Micawber — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:39:46 GMT

Do we only use inverted commas to quote?

What do you mean precisely by an 'inverted comma'? If you mean the marks that I have placed around 'inverted comma', then those serve as informal quotation marks, as quotation marks within quotation marks, and as apostrophes.

Do we italicize blog names and website names?

Do blogs or websites have definitive names? How does one identify the correct name? I suppose I would use italics if I were typing.

Re: Commas

RayH — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:41:28 GMT

As I understand it the choice belongs to Adam therefore you need the possessive "Adam's choice".

Edit:
I believe you mean apostrophe not comma.

Re: Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Yoong Liat — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:30:31 GMT

Anil17

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

A full stop after 'sorry', as indicated in brackets. An apostrophe between n and t in can't. A comma after 'now'.

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Belly — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:57:20 GMT

Mister Micawber wrote:

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

Hi,

Actually, in sentence one, the thing I want to ask is:

If you can imagine, when inundations come to one province, people of other provinces donates food, drink, money etc (I'm still confused when can we use plural or singular for food and drink here).... and they pack them all in packages which is then sent to the poor province... What can we call that?

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Mister Micawber — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:38 GMT

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

Re: Comma's and quotation marks

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:52:15 GMT

Nevermind where the commas go, where do the apostophes go?

Here 'commas' is a plural noun and therefore does not need an apostrophe!

HELP ME CORRECT THESE SENTENACES

Dmoves2255 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:18:45 GMT

Read each of the following short passages. Correct the mistakes by re-writing the sentence in the box. There are no correct sentences; each example has at least one error in it. Parts of the passage may be correct. You need only re-write the sentence that you are correcting in some way. Errors you may find include pronoun agreement, comma use, apostrophe use, run-ons, and fragments.

I have discovered that you can tell a lot about a persons view of animals by the pet that they choose.

2. The first group includes fish owners. Anyone who belongs in this category feels that animals should never be allowed to disturb their life.

Because a fish owner wants peace and quiet. They will choose a pet that will never make any noise.

A second kind of pet owner is a bird person. Anyone in this group is willing to let their pet disturb their life occasionally.

Bird owners do not demand peace and quiet from a pet. They can always put a cover over the bird cage. When they don't want to hear any noise.

For another characteristic the bird owner is willing to let the pet out of the it's cage so it can fly freely however the owner can put the bird back in the cage when he or she doesn't want to bother with the pet.

Next is the cat lover. A cat lover is willing to let their pets disturb their lives at any time.

Cats are very independent so the cat lover doesnt have to be home at a certain time each day to walk the cat.

Then there are dog owners. They want to give a lot of love to an animal, they choose a pet that likes a lot of love and affection.

10.

Dog's need a lot of attention. They have to be walked at various times during the day; the dog person must schedule his or her life around the life of the pet.

Re: Inverted Commas Aound "Slang"

Grammar Geek — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:15:12 GMT

We all have brain cramps from time to time. It's an apostrophe.

And no, do NOT use one to form a plural. The results of the questionnaires, with no '

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Re: Memos show Clinton Turmoil Part 1

Memos show Clinton turmoil

Re: 'Sally asked me to complete 1 exercise ... Essentials of Writing

Re: Commas

Re: Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

A full stop after 'sorry', as indicated in brackets. An apostrophe between n and t in can't. A comma after 'now'.

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Re: Comma's and quotation marks

HELP ME CORRECT THESE SENTENACES

Re: Inverted Commas Aound "Slang"

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â