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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #540 on: August 20, 2015, 10:31:36 AM »
Quote from: good sam on August 20, 2015, 10:28:51 AM
I don't understand the question.

Maybe I misunderstood yours. I'm just trying to envision a quote which ends with a semicolon and I'm not coming up with anything.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #541 on: August 20, 2015, 10:52:58 AM »
The quote doesn't end in a semicolon. The sentence contains a semicolon which appears immediately following a quote.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #542 on: August 20, 2015, 11:23:47 AM »
Quote from: good sam on August 20, 2015, 10:52:58 AM
The quote doesn't end in a semicolon. The sentence contains a semicolon which appears immediately following a quote.

I'm having trouble imagining that, too.

But either way, treat it like other punctuation- which differs from place to place. In the US you would write: Good Sam asked, "Should I put it in the quotation marks?" In the UK you would write: Good Sam asked, "Should I put it in the quotation marks"?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #543 on: August 20, 2015, 12:20:23 PM »
Quote from: Yehuda57 on August 20, 2015, 11:23:47 AM
I'm having trouble imagining that, too.

But either way, treat it like other punctuation- which differs from place to place. In the US you would write: Good Sam asked, "Should I put it in the quotation marks?" In the UK you would write: Good Sam asked, "Should I put it in the quotation marks"?
e.g. They say "semicolons have different rules"; they may be wrong.

 
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #544 on: August 20, 2015, 12:23:42 PM »
Fyi, most of the internet disagrees with you.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #545 on: August 20, 2015, 01:25:36 PM »
Quote from: good sam on August 20, 2015, 12:23:42 PM
Fyi, most of the internet disagrees with you.
That semicolon has different rules?

Or that any punctuation not part of the quote goes outside?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #546 on: August 20, 2015, 01:41:36 PM »
so much discussion over cyber eyes  ::)
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #547 on: September 11, 2015, 11:10:34 AM »
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #548 on: October 19, 2015, 01:26:44 PM »
Any grammar geeks here?

My grammar textbook lists "doing" as a helping/auxiliary verb but I can't think of any example where it is used as such. Can you?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #549 on: November 02, 2015, 11:38:16 PM »
PSA: the space goes after the comma. Not before it.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #550 on: November 03, 2015, 02:46:56 AM »
Quote from: etech0 on November 02, 2015, 11:38:16 PM
Not before it.
Is that a proper sentence?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #551 on: November 03, 2015, 08:50:41 AM »
Quote from: whYME on November 03, 2015, 02:46:56 AM
Is that a proper sentence?
Is that a rhetorical question?
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #552 on: November 03, 2015, 09:33:44 AM »
Quote from: etech0 on November 03, 2015, 08:50:41 AM
Is that a rhetorical question?
Nope.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #553 on: November 03, 2015, 10:13:34 AM »
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #554 on: November 03, 2015, 03:32:27 PM »
It's neither grammar nor punctuation, but I gotta wonder if this guy did this on purpose or if he actually thinks he used the correct word.
Quote from: lifetimedeals on November 03, 2015, 12:15:13 AM
Where is that? Prolly closed at night for simchas.
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #555 on: November 03, 2015, 04:13:32 PM »
Quote from: etech0 on November 03, 2015, 10:13:34 AM
Well mine was :)
I realized that. I was actually debating for a bit if I should respond seriously or not...
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #556 on: November 03, 2015, 04:20:38 PM »
Quote from: whYME on November 03, 2015, 04:13:32 PM
I realized that. I was actually debating for a bit if I should respond seriously or not...
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #557 on: November 03, 2015, 06:10:00 PM »
Would you purchase something that is
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #558 on: November 03, 2015, 09:59:21 PM »
Quote from: etech0 on November 03, 2015, 06:10:00 PM
Would you purchase something that is?
Sounds scary
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Re: I've Had It! The Grammar/Punctuation Hall of Shame Master Thread
« Reply #559 on: November 09, 2015, 12:08:10 AM »
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