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Daithy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this punctuated correctly?

I saw this quote on the internet, and I believe it to be punctuated incorrectly.

"Don't tell anyone but sooner or later, I screw everything up."

I personally would punctuate it as such: "Don't tell anyone, but sooner or later I screw everything up."

Which one is correct?

Thanks.
  

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" So would I, but it wouldn’t be wrong to put a comma after later .

— RandomGuy

  • " So would I, but it wouldn’t be wrong to put a comma after later .
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DaithyI personally would punctuate it as such: "Don't tell anyone, but sooner or later I ***** everything up."
So would I, but it wouldn’t be wrong to put a comma after later.
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Oh, I see that now. "Don't tell anyone but sooner or later" is being used as an introductory clause, isn't it?
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Daithy"Don't tell anyone but sooner or later" is being used as an introductory clause, isn't it?
No. The sentence has two main clauses, don’t tell anyone and but sooner or later I ***** everything up. In the second one sooner or later is an “introductory phrase”.
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