re: #180 Russkilitlover

That stuff’s so cool! I used to love diagramming sentences; now I just enjoy nitpicking my co-workers’ poor grammer and spelling.

However, I don’t know the distinction between “O” and “Oh,” will you please enlighten?

I’d be delighted to!

“O” is called the vocative because it “calls” the reader’s attention. It’s most often used in poetic language.

“Oh” is a simple exclamation that expresses the speaker’s emotion.

It drives me batty to see the National Anthem with “Oh” instead of “O” because the WHOLE POINT of the first verse is the speaker’s asking the reader whether he or she can still see the flag.