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MisterFuzyPants Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Comma or Colon?

0 Hi, I'm new to these forums, and I have a couple questions about a sentence.02br
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00With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character, Harry Callahan, in the 1971 film 01font01i00Dirty Hairy02i02font00 uttered his now famous catchphrase01font01b00, 02b02font00“You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?”02hr
00The first question I have is whetherI should use a comma, a semicolon, or something else when i'm introducing the quotation (right now I have a comma).02br
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00The second question I have is whether I should have a comma after the title.02br
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00Any hints would be apreciated!0-
  

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0 My choice:02br 02br 00 With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 1971 film 01font 01i 00Dirty Hairy02i 02font 00, Harry Callahan, uttered his now famous catchphrase01font 01b 00 02b 02font 00“You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? ” 0-

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  • 0 My choice:02br 02br 00 With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 1971 film 01font 01i 00Dirty Hairy02i 02font 00, Harry Callahan, uttered his now famous catchphrase01font 01b 00 02b 02font 00“You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky?
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0 My choice:02br
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00 With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 1971 film 01font01i00Dirty Hairy02i02font00, Harry Callahan, uttered his now famous catchphrase01font01b00 02b02font00“You
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0 1. The comma is correct; it's the convention for dialogue punctuation in fiction. I suppose this holds true for film-quotes, too.02br
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002. Generally, there are two ways to treat "Dirty Hairy" (shouldn't this be "Dirty Harry"?):02br
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00Apposition: ...in Clint Eastwood's 1971 film, 01i00Dirty Hairy02i00, ... (what you did wi
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0 Thanks for the insight! Appositives can be tricky, but your post helped a lot.0-
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