stupid grammar rule., POOH. |
 Oct 7 2005, 12:16 AM
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 dripping destruction  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929  |
this sentence is punctuated correctly:
Did Bob say "lemmings"? this sentence is punctuated correctly: Bob really said "lemmings"! this sentence is punctuated incorrectly Bob said "lemmings". the correct way is: Bob said "lemmings." which is the stupidest rule every. Why? because of why punctuation rules with quote work. if the quotation is a sentence, end it in the quote. also end the sentence containing the quote. Bob said, "I am a lemming.". however, that is redundant and the last period is left off, leaving Bob said, "I am a lemming." however Bob said "lemmings". is the proper way to punctuate it, and then there is no redundancy, and no periods to remove. so why the f**k do you have to move the period inside the quotations? |
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Oct 7 2005, 06:52 AM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
Well because in the first two sentences, the actual sentence itself is a question or exclamation, so it would not make sense if the mark was placed inside the quotation. However, in the third sentence, it's just a statement, so the period goes inside.
Acutally, I'm not so sure about that... |
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sadolakced acid stupid grammar rule. Oct 7 2005, 12:16 AM
krnxswat shush and just follow the rule
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then do you say:
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*shudders more*
julia, you know our pain... Oct 7 2005, 01:07 PM [Filp]Essence QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Oct 7 2005, 12:16 AM)... Oct 7 2005, 01:56 PM tweeak shudder indeed. Nami and Rob visted her. They said... Oct 7 2005, 03:21 PM racoons > you one day, it will eat her face.
and i will laugh.
... Oct 7 2005, 04:42 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE([Filp]Essence @ Oct 7 2005, 1:... Oct 7 2005, 04:54 PM miss barnes i dont know why..its just the rule so i try to fol... Oct 7 2005, 06:42 PM aznxdreamer english sucks. especially when you dont have good ... Oct 7 2005, 07:16 PM sadolakced acid I'm sure no one will hate me for this so calle... Oct 7 2005, 07:31 PM LEGITERICJONES Thank you for educating me on that topic. Oct 7 2005, 08:17 PM haleakala1 wow... didnt know that! Oct 7 2005, 08:57 PM sadolakced acid grumble. the point is not "education". ... Oct 7 2005, 09:35 PM tweeak ^that'd be amusing
My friends and I are such ... Oct 8 2005, 12:06 AM niez_cho I never really noticed about this before.
Probabl... Oct 8 2005, 07:22 AM skp86 whooooaaaaa I'm realllllyyyyy good at grammar ... Oct 8 2005, 04:56 PM andromeda_90 It probably because when Bob actually said lemming... Oct 8 2005, 05:13 PM tungtwista lol. wow thats confusing. Oct 8 2005, 05:21 PM andromeda_90 QUOTE(tungtwista @ Oct 8 2005, 5:21 PM)lol. w... Oct 8 2005, 05:23 PM peggysturr I don't even know that "lemmings." r... Oct 8 2005, 05:45 PM EmmalieV Never knew that you had to add grammar as in perio... Oct 8 2005, 05:48 PM toodlepops. Oh. I never bothered with that.
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Haha. :) Oct 12 2005, 10:39 PM sadolakced acid and when i use sentence fragments for that reason,... Oct 12 2005, 11:18 PM Azarel Uh. I use sentence fragments often. And I don... Oct 12 2005, 11:24 PM tweeak QUOTE(Azarel @ Oct 12 2005, 11:24 PM)Uh. I us... Oct 12 2005, 11:36 PM o0olaalaa heh maybe its just one of those things that are ... Oct 12 2005, 11:26 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(o0olaalaa @ Oct 12 2005, 11:26 PM)heh m... Oct 12 2005, 11:28 PM sadolakced acid impact?
this. rule. is. just. totally. WRONG... Oct 12 2005, 11:42 PM tweeak is was persuasion. impactive persuasion Oct 13 2005, 02:39 PM Heewee Actually, if you always follow the period period i... Oct 13 2005, 02:54 PM Cake. That was very insightful.
I always thought it was... Oct 14 2005, 10:13 PM crazedbaby That's interesting. I always put everything in... Oct 14 2005, 10:18 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(Heewee @ Oct 13 2005, 2:54 PM)Actually,... Oct 14 2005, 10:45 PM andromeda_90 Sometimes it's better to kiss a grammar rule... Oct 14 2005, 10:51 PM c0cONuTTeR The english language does not need this many rescr... Oct 18 2005, 06:51 PM mipadi I finally figured out the rule for quotations.
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I read it, but I... Jan 10 2006, 06:16 PM sadolakced acid hmm. that's rather interesting. i shall try ... Jan 10 2006, 06:53 PM tweeak Mm, I was just letting him know that he was not be... Jan 10 2006, 07:08 PM annabel_x its all right though.. Jan 10 2006, 09:25 PM |
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