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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Is this correct?please help!

I got stuck in traffic. A robber came to me. Showed me his gun Made me open a car door and said give me your phone.
  

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It reads like a hard-boiled detective story. You need a period after "gun". There are some usage problems.

  • It reads like a hard-boiled detective story.
  • You need a period after "gun".
  • There are some usage problems.
  • "I got stuck in traffic.
  • A robber came up to me.
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It reads like a hard-boiled detective story. You need a period after "gun". There are some usage problems.

"I got stuck in traffic. A robber came up to me. Showed me his gun. Made me open the car door and said give me your phone." I treated the robber's speech as reported, sort of, because punctuation would ruin the tone. You are of course aware that the last two phrases are not sentences i

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