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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is a comma needed?

"I...I...," he stuttered.
"I...I..." he stuttered.

Is a comma needed? Thanks.
  

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) "I - I - ," he stuttered. I'd probably put the comma in but as it's an unusual situation I'm not sure if the comma rule is provably required: 'rules' are simply descriptions of the common practice of the people, and I'm not sure of the current common practice for ending in these '-'s : basically, does the - include any punctuation mark that might have followed? you might argue it does; you might argue it doesn't.

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  • ) "I - I - ," he stuttered.
  • I'd probably put the comma in but as it's an unusual situation I'm not sure if the comma rule is provably required: 'rules' are simply descriptions of the common practice of the people, and I'm not sure of the current common practice for ending in these '-'s : basically, does the - include any punctuation mark that might have followed?
  • you might argue it does; you might argue it doesn't.
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I would use a dash ( - ) rather than the three dots (...)

"I - I - ," he stuttered.

I'd probably put the comma in but as it's an unusual situation I'm not sure if the comma rule is provably required: 'rules' are simply descriptions of the common practice of the people, and I'm not sure of the current common practice for ending in these '-'s : basically, does the - include any pun
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