Where can't you blog? Seriously? I like italics.

I haven't made a sad sack-ish post here yet, and it's something of a tradition. You wouldn't know that. Or wouldn't have; prior to my having said it only a couple of sentences ago.

When you try your best and things don't work out, that's disappointing. When you don't (italics) try your best and things, unsurprisingly, don't work out, that's a whole level above disappointing. Or below. Beyond?

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This is Grammer a Week, the periodic blog program-thing where I soapbox about a grammar subject I find interesting. You might, too! This week's installment is about the parenthetical phrase. Chances are you've used this construction before. You might know it as an aside or an interruption in thought. Past merely defining it, this post will also be about the subtleties of the parenthetical phrase.

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Show of hands, who’s tired of seeing these back and forth blog posts of whether I’m updating or not? I know I am Unfortunately, here’s another one, and it doesn’t exactly have good news in it.

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