Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF

~ John W. Howell

 

Twiggy and Lucy
“Hey, Lucy. Want to play with the soccer ball? It’s Friday.”
“I’m so glad you are back at it, Little One. Sure I’ll play.”

Friday is here and a very welcome sight. “I wish I could work all weekend,” said no one ever. (Well maybe there are a few.)

This was a pretty uneventful week. I continue to pour over my WIP. I did a run-through Grammarly and found 4,323 things that need attention. Most are commas, which are the bane of my existence. I fully understand why. When I was in High School, I worked in the journalism department as a reporter and section editor of the yearbook. My journalism teacher would send back my stories with blue pencil circles around all the commas. (Blue pencil was an indicator to eliminate.) I finally got to the point where I almost removed commas from my brain.

The teacher did explain that too many commas slowed the story, and maybe a more fluid sentence would be in order. So that is my excuse, and I’m sticking with it. I also put the 4,323 things into context. If I take all the words in the WIP (96,000) and divide them into corrections needed, that leaves an accuracy ratio of 95.6 percent. I can live with that. (At least I can rationalize with that.)

As you know from yesterday’s post, Twiggy has been under the weather. I am pleased to report she is back to her old self and a testament to big pharma.

Today’s JohnKu talks about worry. I hope you have a great weekend

Concern by John W. Howell ©2019

They can’t speak a word,

Even if something is wrong . . .

Fur babies need us.

79 thoughts on “Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF”

  4. I actually had the opposite issue with commas in high school. Rarely used them until a teacher sat me down to explain how they work. Natural pauses was the phrase. Natural for most people though because there are those who talk, with, too, many, pauses.

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  5. I’m so happy Twiggy is feeling better. I’ve always thought of pediatricians and veterinarians as especially gifted as they understand what we cannot decipher. Your comments about commas evoked a chuckle, John. Right on!

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  10. What a joy, dear John! Now she is stronger & is going to enter the Eel soccer team. Commas? I comprehend you as they are my own problem, especially in Russian. There are so many rules where to put them & where not…so I prefer foreign languages for writing. 🙂

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      1. Thanks, dear John! Each of us has its unique blessing. That’s wonderful! You can write wonderful books, for example, & comprehend the doggy language. Otherwise Twiggy & Lucy’s photo diary wouldn’t have been possible! 🙂

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  11. Cheers to Twiggy’s recovery! I’m with you about commas. Meanwhile, I used to tell people that the best part of Friday was that we were one day closer to Monday than we were yesterday. Just can’t understand why they thought I was sick.

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  14. I love your rationale, John. 😀 I’m so happy that Twiggy’s feeling much better. I can relate so much with your haiku. Having a dog is like having a toddler that never grows up. Happy Friday!

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  16. I’m happy to hear that 1) Twiggy is back to normal, and 2) that I’m not the only one fighting a lifelong battle with commas.

    Have a great weekend, John. Time to put the blue pencil down.

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  17. Congrats on your progress. I feel the same way about commas. I wish our fur babies could tell us when something is wrong, too.

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  20. John, who doesn’t have cause for concern with commas and the correct time to use them. Personally, I love them. Keep up the good work and have a great weekend, warm and dry where you are, hopefully. Cold and snowy here today (4 inches on top of what we already have)

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  22. Yay for Twiggy! Though she was already showing signs of being back to her old, young self 😉
    As for commas, I should think too much of anything, is too much; not enough, however, makes one have trouble catching one’s breath! Cheers to you finding the happy-medium!

    And for you, the weekend, for me, the start of work (though I can’t really complain as I only work two days per week… my weekend is just 5-days long instead of 2 😉

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        2. Yessiree. And by the way, Pat made it out ok. Last night was a later one as the organisers have our venue til 2 instead of 1 and again tonight. So… I am already tired and looking forward to my “weekend” 😉

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  27. I am so glad Twiggy is back to her old self and feeling chipper again! I share your ‘bane of existence’! My first year of college, my political science prof (for whom I later went to work as a research assistant) marked every single paper I wrote with the same comment: “You tend to overuse the comma”. I still do … when you have 14 commas in a single sentence, it’s almost certain you have overused it! 😉 Have a happy weekend, my friend!

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