The Adventures of Ms. Philomena Birdwhistle & Ms. Henrietta Gotobed
I decided to have a little fun and at the same time make grammar, punctuation, and style rules more accessible to everyone.
Yes, I know I am an editor. I know these blogs should be free of mistakes. But here’s the thing; editors need editors too. And since I want this to remain casual, I am not asking someone to edit these before I post them. If you see a mistake and you think I just have to know about it, well comment away. I may even listen and fix it.
A Pickle for the Hatty Ones
My very favorite example of early punctuation and literary criticism is the 1797 masterpiece of Timothy Dexter. “A Pickle for the Knowing Ones [includes] a supplemental page of full stops, commas, and exclamation points: ‘Nowing ones complane of my book the fust edition had no stops’, explains the author. ‘I put A nuf here and thay may peper and solt as they please.’” So in honor of this work, please enjoy my story of A Pickle of the Hatty Ones. Punctuation included at the end for you to fill in as you please.