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From: JNugent on 7 Aug 2010 08:11
Derek Geldard wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:48:04 +0100, JNugent <jenningsltd(a)fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>
>> Derek Geldard wrote:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> That aside cost rules everything , you'd be fairly safe to assume
>>> it's the cheapest way they can get it done.
>> I'wouldn't normally do this in detail. and I'm not "having a go", but that
>> was difficult to parse (and therefore to understand).
>>
>> The correct punctuation for what I think you meant would be:
>>
>> "That aside, cost rules everything; you'd be fairly safe to assume it's the
>> cheapest way they can get it done".
>>
>> or
>>
>> "That aside, cost rules everything. You'd be fairly safe to assume it's the
>> cheapest way they can get it done".
>>
>> The comma after the first two words is essential for your meaning.
>
> 5 online grammar checkers disagree.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that a grammar checker always knows what
your meaning was.

Just as a spellchecker will usually let "ben" pass even if you meant "been",
a grammar checker will not baulk at "that aside cost" if it thinks that
"aside cost" is a noun ("cost") qualified by an adjective or a noun being
used as an adjective ("aside").

> In the past I've been criticised for using too many commas also.

Too many is better than not enough.

> So
> I'm sorry if you feel I've managed to irksomely construct my post . I
> am no good at proof reading. No matter how hard I always try. They
> said they made my posts look like a disjointed string of phrases. Up
> with that I will not put. So now I make efforts to vigorously attempt
> not to.

> Perhaps they are right.

:-)
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