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, 11:41 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,584 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 70,748 |
wow..thanks for the tip
 i have sats tmr 
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Oct 7 2005, 11:56 AM
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 My name's Katt. Nice to meet you! Group: Member Posts: 3,826 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,674 |
Lmao. English is a stupid language. Those poor people who have to learn it as a second language..
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Oct 7 2005, 12:37 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
Aside from having incompetent English teachers, I've had the worse computer teachers. I basically taught the teacher.
Although I suck in grammar, but I've seen many students better... |
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Oct 7 2005, 01:02 PM
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 Another ditch in the road... you keep moving Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152 |
QUOTE(tweeak @ Oct 7 2005, 5:39 PM) I had that too. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who knew less about grammar and things than I did  SHE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED *shudders* |
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Oct 7 2005, 01:04 PM
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^lol
 it's funny how i know exactly who you're talking about.
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Oct 7 2005, 01:07 PM
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Another ditch in the road... you keep moving Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152 |
^
*shudders more* julia, you know our pain... |
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| *[Filp]Essence* |
Oct 7 2005, 01:56 PM
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QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Oct 7 2005, 12:16 AM) so why the f**k do you have to move the period inside the quotations? I asked my teacher the samething, she says, "well, the period indicates that quote is over, and to not be redundant like you said - that replaces the one outside, because you can't have 2 periods. |
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Oct 7 2005, 03:21 PM
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shudder indeed. Nami and Rob visted her. They said the's the same, but her hair is bigger
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Oct 7 2005, 04:42 PM
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Another ditch in the road... you keep moving Group: Member Posts: 6,281 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 85,152 |
one day, it will eat her face.
and i will laugh. then run and hide from the scary bleached fuzz ball, who will STILL be trying to make me read that hideous orange grammar book thing and write in cursive. in case anyone has missed this, i am not a fan of hers |
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Oct 7 2005, 04:54 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
QUOTE([Filp]Essence @ Oct 7 2005, 1:56 PM) I asked my teacher the samething, she says, "well, the period indicates that quote is over, and to not be redundant like you said - that replaces the one outside, because you can't have 2 periods. but you don't end "lemmings". you're ending the sentence, not the quotation. yet the period is stull supposed to be inside the quotation? wtf? |
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Oct 7 2005, 06:42 PM
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 RiKACHANtEL Group: Member Posts: 3,876 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 51,230 |
i dont know why..its just the rule so i try to follow it when i do english
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Oct 7 2005, 07:16 PM
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to hell with you Group: Member Posts: 2,547 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,506 |
english sucks. especially when you dont have good grammar and everyone on cB hates you for it.
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Oct 7 2005, 07:31 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
I'm sure no one will hate me for this so called "missue of grammar".
i'm very tempted to write a paper on why it shouldn't be a missue of paper and give it to my english teacher. |
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Oct 7 2005, 08:17 PM
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Thank you for educating me on that topic.
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Oct 7 2005, 08:57 PM
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 live.love.surf. Group: Member Posts: 264 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 103,920 |
wow... didnt know that!
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Oct 7 2005, 09:35 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
grumble. the point is not "education". It's about complaint- complaint of pure incorrecteness.
i think i shall write an essay and give it to my english teacher. |
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Oct 8 2005, 12:06 AM
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^that'd be amusing
My friends and I are such geeks that we spent the ride home from the football game debating my possible misuse of the word "abetted," and then being told that we were all wrong because we were arguing in passive voice. Yes, you should be concerned for our sanity, but that was the game from hell, so not so much. |
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Oct 8 2005, 07:22 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I never really noticed about this before.
 Probably I have made this mistake many times already. 
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Oct 8 2005, 04:56 PM
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whooooaaaaa I'm realllllyyyyy good at grammar and ur confusing me......that's weird......
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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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Oct 8 2005, 05:21 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
lol. wow thats confusing.
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Oct 8 2005, 05:23 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 |
QUOTE(tungtwista @ Oct 8 2005, 5:21 PM) lol. wow thats confusing. wait were you talkin to me or about the thing the guy was complaining about? |
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Oct 8 2005, 05:45 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
I don't even know that "lemmings." rule until 8th grade when my English teacher taught the class.
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Oct 8 2005, 05:48 PM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
Never knew that you had to add grammar as in periods and such inside quotation marks , good to know.
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Oct 9 2005, 05:00 AM
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 boo Group: Member Posts: 5,512 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,765 |
Oh. I never bothered with that.
It is odd, though. |
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