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English 1b3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Are these direct quote sentences grammatical?

a) I used to think, "Gosh, you people are so unfriendly!". But now I realize it is a language barrier.

b) I used to say, "gosh, you people are so unfriendly!". But now I realize it is a language barrier.

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Capitalize "Gosh" in both sentences. ) Also, do not follow the exclamation mark with the period mark. A sentence needs only one concluding punctuation mark.

— Doctor D

  • Capitalize "Gosh" in both sentences.
  • ) Also, do not follow the exclamation mark with the period mark.
  • A sentence needs only one concluding punctuation mark.
  • ) The sentence "But now I realize it is a language barrier" is a grammatical but incomplete thought.
  • ) (Or, by cultural differences).
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Capitalize "Gosh" in both sentences. You normally capitalize the first word of a quoted sentence (just as you capitalize the first word of an ordinary sentence.) Also, do not follow the exclamation mark with the period mark. A sentence needs only one concluding punctuation mark. (SO !" NOT !".)

The sentence "But now I realize it is a language barrier" is a grammatical but incomplete th
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Doctor D grammatical but incomplete thought
Really? Seems to be complete to me. Would you mind clarifying?

But now I (Subject/Noun) realize (Verb) it is a language barrier (Object/Noun Clause)
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The problem is that "it" is vague. What does "it" refer to exactly.
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Doctor DThe problem is that "it" is vague. What does "it" refer to exactly.
It's clarified in the greater context, whatever was said earlier. But I agree it is ambiguous in this case - I don't know if you would call it an incomplete sentence as a result of the ambiguity, however.
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Not grammatically incomplete, but logically perhaps.
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