2010-06-15, 11:58 PM
You guys are ignoring me. I crave attention. This site sucks.
|
Grammar Nazis
|
|
2010-06-16, 12:00 AM
ShiKage Wrote:Whether or not it is part of the quotation, all punctuation is supposed to go inside quotation marks. Ah, but you are mistaken; It can be done either way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Punctuation Omni Wrote:You guys are ignoring me. I crave attention. This site sucks. What an excellent show of grammar!
2010-06-16, 12:01 AM
Also, your last sentence was grammatically incorrect. "Ah," should have its own punctuation and in your "proper English," "but" should be capitalized and is not supposed to be at the beginning of a sentence.
Also, I laugh at the fact that you are taking grammar lessons from Wikipedia.
2010-06-16, 12:02 AM
I concede that I mistyped "ah", but you are incorrect with your second thought. My "but" was not at the beginning of a sentence; It was after an interjection.
You are mistaken; I am not taking grammar lessons. I am merely citing evidence to support my claims.
2010-06-16, 12:07 AM
Hazzy Wrote:I concede that I mistyped "ah", but you are incorrect with your second thought. My "but" was not at the beginning of a sentence; It was after an interjection. With the fact that "Ah" being its own idea, the "but" would be the start of a brand new sentence. Thus, "but" should be capitalized and you are not supposed to start a sentence with "but" or "and."
2010-06-16, 12:12 AM
I see your point. I concede that I should have dropped the "but" because one cannot start a sentence with it, but the "b" in "but" should not have been capitalized. One does not say "Ah, He saw us!"; One says "Ah, he saw us!" or "Ah! He saw us!". I used a comma, therefore I did not capitalize the "b" in "but".
2010-06-16, 12:15 AM
Hazzy Wrote:I see your point. I concede that I should have dropped the "but" because one cannot start a sentence with it, but the "b" in "but" should not have been capitalized. One does not say "Ah, He saw us!"; One says "Ah, he saw us!" or "Ah! He saw us!". I used a comma, therefore I did not capitalize the "b" in "but". Er... No, you did not. I see no comma in your original post.
2010-06-16, 12:21 AM
"No, you did not. I do not see a comma in your original post." is the correct wording. "Er" is akin to "uhm" and "like": vile pathogens in the English Language. In English, one negates by adding the verb "do" before the verb and "not" after the d: not by adding the word "no" to the object.
I was under the impression that we were talking about a different post. How could I have let myself slip this much? Sorrow is overwhelming me! I must take leave.
2010-06-16, 12:33 AM
Ohh F'uck you. You were supposed to watch the video and think of Rick or someone else and laugh, not to find out your nazi vocation and enlist yourself as one. Now you ruined the fking whole thread.
(FYI: English is my second lenguage so screw you if I had any mistakes.)
2010-06-16, 12:33 AM
byakugan Wrote:Ohh F'uck you. You were supposed to watch the video and think of Rick or someone else and laugh, not to find out your nazi vocation and enlist yourself as one. Now you ruined the fking whole thread. Goal accomplished!
2010-06-16, 12:36 AM
byakugan Wrote:Ohh F'uck you. You were supposed to watch the video and think of Rick or someone else and laugh, not to find out your nazi vocation and enlist yourself as one. Now you ruined the fking whole thread. I love how you said "if I had any mistakes". Firefox's Spell Check alone has caught five.
2010-06-16, 01:20 AM
ShiKage Wrote:Whether or not it is part of the quotation, all punctuation is supposed to go inside quotation marks. Not true. For example, if your sentence is a question, and your quotation is not, you put the question mark outside the quotation. If the quotation is a question then you put the question mark within the quotation marks. Examples: Did he say "I love you"? He said "are you going to the store right now?" Hazzy Wrote:I see your point. I concede that I should have dropped the "but" because one cannot start a sentence with it, but the "b" in "but" should not have been capitalized. One does not say "Ah, He saw us!"; One says "Ah, he saw us!" or "Ah! He saw us!". I used a comma, therefore I did not capitalize the "b" in "but". You can start a sentence with "but," however, one must be very careful when doing so. Additionally, you may also write your sentence like this: "Ah! he saw us!" The exclamation mark acts much like a comma, as well as giving the reader the cue as to how the speaker is saying "ah." In this case, the exclamation mark does not end your sentence, and therefore the word following the exclamation mark is not the start of a new sentence. This means you don't have to capitilize this word, which in this case is "he." |
|
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|