On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 16:57:01 GMT, cl > wrote:
>
>"Kevin S. Wilson" wrote:
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>> Hardly matters, since I am, after all, allowed. But why don't you go
>> ahead and ask them?
>
>And, you, tried, to talk, about my, usenet jotting, But...

<snicker> YOU are going to lecture ME about punctuation? Good one!

Here, allow me to parse that sentence for you:

[It] hardly matters

Elided grammatical expletive is the subject of this independent
clause, which is followed by a comma before the dependent clause that
follows.

since I am, after all, allowed

Here, two commas separate the interjection from the clause "I am
allowed."

You were saying?