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We have added web-based mail services so anyone can write to us, from anywhere. We hope this helps everyone. A good Web site is one that never stops improving, so we listen to visitors and try to keep making the Tameri Guide for Writers better and better.

Editing and Any Long Work

The Tameri Guide for Writers consists of more than 130 Web pages, which print to more than 400 single-spaced pages. Unfortunately, any work this long will contain some errors. We appreciate that a guide to English should be perfect; we also know perfection is unlikely. When you send a suggestion, please include the Web address (URL) for the Tameri Guide page that contains the possible error.

 

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We Happen to be Right Sometimes!

Many of the “corrections” we receive are actually incorrect or matters of personal style. The Modern Language Association, the Associated Press, and other organizations are updated on a regular basis. When there is a conflict between sources, we have to select one as the “right” answer for this guide. That does not mean the guideline we offer via the Tameri Guide for Writers is the only answer.

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The script is a modification of FORMMAIL by Matthew Wright, a free program. The complete readme can be found at Matt’s site.

One source of confusion has been our use of the semicolon (;). A semicolon joins independent (“main”) clauses. Several visitors have wrongly suggested such sentences are “run-on” and should be edited. No, the clauses relate closely and we believe using semicolons indicates clearly that the clauses should be thought of together. We also use commas more liberally than many current texts suggest. This might be because instead of misusing commas it is easier to omit them. Most English usage guides are moving towards fewer “mandatory” uses for commas.

If you do have a complex correction or suggestion, it is helpful if you include an academic source for the correction. Also, you should include the Web page URL from the Tameri Guide that needs to be updated.