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Originally Posted by deepimpact2
Unfortunately, I hear the articulate "compliment" quite a bit. I remember one day in a class the teacher was trying to get us to think of a word to indicate going down a hill in a quick manner. So I said "careen." There was this huge gasp from the white folks. Later several of them came up to me asking how I knew that word. Annoying. Then one of them said, "you're not like the other Black people I know. You're really smart and articulate."
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I think a great many people have gotten the articulate comment. I get it from all people. Black, white, Asian, African. All of them. I'm not bothered by it because, well, I am articulate and well spoken. The fact that the person who is giving me the compliment is shocked about my abilities makes me pity them because either they're not very intelligent themselves or they know very few articulate people who resemble me and in that case I know they've been deprived of some great conversations and friendships.
Commas, though useful, are not the only way to punctuate a sentence. Most often they are not even the best way.
Some people don't realize that Microsoft Word will not fix all errors. If you use the wrong word MSW will not tell you unless you spelled it wrong or your word choice creates a sentence fragment.