Abby and Norm
I love the intemet. You can find out anything.
Here we are. "Blume's preferred punctuation of the
title is 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' With
no comma bet-ween 'there' and 'God.' While this is
incorrect in following the commonly accepted rules of
wntten English, Blume intended this so there was no
separation in the story between Margaret and God."
Well, looks as if the intemet helped us find out that
Judy Blume used a bogus explanation to cover up
her character's linguistic incompetency.
I guess the intemet is good for something.
Copyright Erika Hammerxhmidt
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Hah. Can you find out the meaning of life? Can you
find out why people think dinner conversation is a
good idea? Can you find out why Judy Blume left
out the comma in "Are you there God? It's me,
Margare t"?
Well, let's see.
That makes no sense, you know. The comma that
should be added to that sentence wouldn't even be
between "God" and "Margaret." And they already
have words, another comma, and a fnggln'
question mark between them.
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