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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
How would you punctuate this short sentence?
1. Thanks brother, greatly appreciated. (=comma splice)
2. Thanks, brother -- greatly appreciated.
3. Thanks, brother; greatly appreciated.
4. Thanks, brother. Greatly appreciated.
#1 is no good, but I believe #2, #3, and #4 are all correct in their own right. Agreed?
2. Thanks, brother -- greatly appreciated.
3. Thanks, brother; greatly appreciated.
4. Thanks, brother. Greatly appreciated.
#1 is no good, but I believe #2, #3, and #4 are all correct in their own right. Agreed?
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Hi, 1. Thanks brother, greatly appreciated. (=comma splice) I wouldn't say this is completely wrong.
- Hi, 1.
- Thanks brother, greatly appreciated.
- (=comma splice) I wouldn't say this is completely wrong.
- Aftere all, the whole thing is a rather unstructured utterance in non-sentence form, so it doesn't seem necessary to be too strict about punctuation.
- I'd add a comma after 'thanks'.
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Hi,
1. Thanks brother, greatly appreciated. (=comma splice) I wouldn't say this is completely wrong. Aftere all, the whole thing is a rather unstructured utterance in non-sentence form, so it doesn't seem necessary to be too strict about punctuation.
I'd add a comma after 'thanks'.
The term 'Thanks' is often added to a sentence,
eg Thanks,
1. Thanks brother, greatly appreciated. (=comma splice) I wouldn't say this is completely wrong. Aftere all, the whole thing is a rather unstructured utterance in non-sentence form, so it doesn't seem necessary to be too strict about punctuation.
I'd add a comma after 'thanks'.
The term 'Thanks' is often added to a sentence,
eg Thanks,
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