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- books.google.comRobert Harborough Sherard - 1905 - 269 pages
... had said, " I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and
took out a comma." "And in the afternoon?" "In the afternoon — well, I put it back
again." There was also his remark to a hostess who reproved him for coming late. - books.google.comAnn Marie Sabath - 2008 - 204 pages
“This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again.” —
Oscar Wilde It would certainly be nice if we all had the kind of schedule that
allowed for the leisurely approach to writing that Mr. Wilde seemed prepared to
follow. - books.google.com
This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back in again. - Wilde,
Oscar From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his
aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity
better ... - books.google.comColin Dexter - 2009 - 336 pages
Lewis looked up at the words written there: J was working on the proof of my
poems all this morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
For Lewis it was a somber moment and he sipped his orange juice with little joy; ... - books.google.comNancy Pickard, Lynn Lott - 2007 - 256 pages
You'll find yourself reworking the same novel—or the same sentcnce—again and
again, like Oscar Wilde, who said, “This morning I took out a comma and this
afternoon I put it back again." Or you'll become a regular at writers conferences, ... - books.google.comWillard Spiegelman - 2009 - 208 pages
Oscar Wilde: “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and
took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.” Most good writers work
somewhere in between the two extremes, their words gushing out some of the
time ... - books.google.comRobert Andrews - 1989 - 343 pages
Robert Benchley (1889-1945) American humorous writer This morning I took out
a comma and this afternoon 1 put it back again. Oscar Wilde (1854- 1900) Anglo-
Irish author The paragraph is a great art form. I'm very intersted in paragraphs ... - books.google.comRobert I. Fitzhenry - 1993 - 544 pages
C. C. Colton This morning I took out a comma and this afternoon I put it back
again. Oscar Wilde Thought flies and words go on foot. Julien Green To write is to
become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art. Albert Camus What I ... - books.google.comPat Bensky - 2004 - 208 pages
Here's a quote that has been attributed to Oscar Wilde: “I was working on the
proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon
I put it back again.” Commas—2: Comma Splices A comma splice is what you get ... - books.google.comSalvatore J. Iacone - 2003 - 256 pages
“I was working on the proofofone ofmypoems all the morning, and took out a
comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.” —Oscar Wilde THE NEED TO
PROOFREAD YOUR writing for mechanical correctness has to be one of most
stressful, ...