http://www.halfpastnoon.com/2008/11/rant-dear-as-a-salutation/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.halfpastnoon.com/2008/11/rant-dear-as-a-salutation/comment-page-1/#comment-971 F Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:04:02 +0000 http://halfpastnoon.com/?p=1332#comment-971 Prove it. Prove it.

]]> http://www.halfpastnoon.com/2008/11/rant-dear-as-a-salutation/comment-page-1/#comment-969 A Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:39:12 +0000 http://halfpastnoon.com/?p=1332#comment-969 Shazam! You always need a comma after Hey. Even "Hey Jude" is wrong, and I don't call the Beatles 'wrong' lightly. Although I couldn't find any websites on it in the thirty seconds I looked. Shazam! You always need a comma after Hey. Even “Hey Jude” is wrong, and I don’t call the Beatles ‘wrong’ lightly. Although I couldn’t find any websites on it in the thirty seconds I looked.

]]> http://www.halfpastnoon.com/2008/11/rant-dear-as-a-salutation/comment-page-1/#comment-960 F Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:18:18 +0000 http://halfpastnoon.com/?p=1332#comment-960 Not only did your wife demonstrate why I don't use "Dear" when emailing you, but she also confirmed what I suspected about your punctuation complaint. My MSN and email habits shall not be broken! Not only did your wife demonstrate why I don’t use “Dear” when emailing you, but she also confirmed what I suspected about your punctuation complaint. My MSN and email habits shall not be broken!

]]> http://www.halfpastnoon.com/2008/11/rant-dear-as-a-salutation/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Laura Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:33:09 +0000 http://halfpastnoon.com/?p=1332#comment-956 Yes, dear. (Ooh, I hate to point it out - and I'm sure CMOS will back me here - but "Hey Austin," [one comma] is grammatically correct and stylistically preferable.) Yes, dear.
(Ooh, I hate to point it out – and I’m sure CMOS will back me here – but “Hey Austin,” [one comma] is grammatically correct and stylistically preferable.)

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