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writes:

>PENMART01 wrote:
>>"Julia Altshuler" wrote:
>>>First, don't be put off by getting a basic cookbook. Everyone has to
>>>start somewhere,*(1) and you'll be a happier cook in the long run if you
>>>learn the basics well and build from there.
>>>
>>>Second, you'll find more potato recipes on the web if you spell it
>>>P-O-T-A-T-O. (I'm not normally one to go around correcting spelling,*(2)
>>>but in this case,*(3) it makes a difference in achieving your goal.)
>>
>>Commas are not decorations, nor are parentheses.
>>I know, you're an obsessive-compulsive punctuator and/or a hesitant speaker.
>>
>>
>The first of the two commas you flagged <S>were</S> *was* used correctly.

You're absolutely wrong.
I flagged three (3) commas.
And it's *was* used.

Another EDU poster bites the dust. I truly hope you're an institutional
lavatory monitor and not an educator.

Methinks you'd best cut your losses and quit now.

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