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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>And I’M the person on this list who has a reputation for being rhetorically picky!!!!????<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Clark University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Guerin<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 4, 2020 5:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Book publishing advice needed<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 3:09 PM Frank Wimberly <<a href="mailto:wimberly3@gmail.com">wimberly3@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hired an Amazon editor. She said, I say boastfully, "There were virtually no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors so let's talk about structural issues..."<span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=43 height=43 style='width:.4444in;height:.4444in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D65226.A60C7F00" alt="Image removed by sender. Proofreading mark insert period symbol"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Insert period before three trailing ellipsis points. How much did you pay your Amazon editor? ;-p<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/ellipses.html">MLA style places</a> the sentence-terminating period immediately after the last word of the quotation, even though a period does not occur there in the original material. The three ellipsis points are then placed after this sentence-terminating period. <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>eg<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thoreau argues that by simplifying one’s life, “the laws of the universe will appear less complex. . . .” <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>