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 8 2005, 05:13 PM
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 Don't worry guys, size doesn't matter...to lesbians Group: Member Posts: 2,444 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,066 |
It probably because when Bob actually said lemmings, he said it as a Statement Sentence.. a.k.a sentence that ends with a period. The reason why they have to put the question mark and the exclamation point outside of the quotation marks is because when Bob said lemmings, he didn't end it with those punctuations..
got that from my teacher... that's ONE of the reaons, the other was stated by someone else already i hope that clears things up |
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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:
Bob asked, 'what is a lem... Oct 7 2005, 07:25 AM yanners ^ yes you do.
i get it...i actually do write it t... Oct 7 2005, 07:34 AM xFaith Way to confusing for my small brains :P havent eve... Oct 7 2005, 07:59 AM jnukes hmmmm i never knew about that . about the question... Oct 7 2005, 08:14 AM tweeak If we lived in England, that wouldn't be the c... Oct 7 2005, 08:36 AM xnofearx Man the English grammar gets really deep... Oct 7 2005, 09:45 AM tweeak ^Since we're talking about grammar, you need a... Oct 7 2005, 09:54 AM xnofearx QUOTE(tweeak @ Oct 7 2005, 9:54 AM)^Since we... Oct 7 2005, 11:32 AM mipadi There are actually cases in which it is appropriat... Oct 7 2005, 10:03 AM incoherent eh, perfect english isnt always needed. my teacher... Oct 7 2005, 11:29 AM tweeak QUOTE(incoherent @ Oct 7 2005, 11:29 AM)eh, p... Oct 7 2005, 11:33 AM jooleeah Bah. Grammar is confusing. Oct 7 2005, 11:31 AM xnofearx ^ Yeah same here, especially since I'm in coll... Oct 7 2005, 11:34 AM disco infiltrator Last year, my English teacher was incompetent, and... Oct 7 2005, 11:35 AM tweeak QUOTE(disco infiltrator @ Oct 7 2005, 11:35 A... Oct 7 2005, 11:39 AM racoons > you QUOTE(tweeak @ Oct 7 2005, 5:39 PM)I had that... Oct 7 2005, 01:02 PM jooleeah Nopee. Today is a teacher workday. =]
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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 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.
It is odd, thoug... Oct 9 2005, 05:00 AM reflection my teacher said to always put punctuation marks in... Oct 9 2005, 08:10 AM moody_berryz ya, english rule is so stupid. That's why i ha... Oct 9 2005, 08:20 AM sadolakced acid it's utterly stupid, that's what it is. Oct 12 2005, 10:37 PM Azarel IT JUST LOOKS BETTER, OKAY?!
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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?
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