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Jess Odell's avatar

I teach this to 10-year-olds. They get it. Even the dyslexic kids understand. As much as I know older people with LDs were passed by... the majority of adults failing in this concept are not LD.

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Yes, I copy these reversed apostrophes too, lol. And I used to do it for em-dashes too, but now I figured out where to get them on the keyboard... learning!

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Terry Odell's avatar

I learned em dashes a long time ago. I use a lot of them. And they're easy. Word will change two hyphens to em dashes automatically, although maybe you have to set it up. I did it so long ago, I don't remember.

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Lauri Novak's avatar

Thank you! It seems much of language/editing and grammar has fallen by the wayside in recent times.

Congrats on the release of your series.

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Terry Odell's avatar

Thank you, Lauri

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Debbie Burke's avatar

Hah, Terry, you know what they say about great minds! My post today on The Kill Zone is on the same subject.

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Terry Odell's avatar

I saw it! And left a comment there, too.

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