Perplexing sentences
Punctuate the following sentences:
1. I am to tell you the truth thoroughly sick of work.
2. The question is what shall we do with it.
.3. No one knows when he will come, or whether he will come at all, or whether he is even alive.
My answers
1. I am to tell you the truth : thoroughly sick of work.
2. The question is: what shall we do with it?
.3. No one knows when he will come or whether he will come at all or whether he is even alive.
Top answer
Omar Ahmed 1. I am to tell you the truth : thoroughly sick of work. It is not a grammatical sentence.
- Omar Ahmed 1.
- I am to tell you the truth : thoroughly sick of work.
- It is not a grammatical sentence.
- Punctuation does not help.
- Omar Ahmed 2.
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Omar Ahmed1. I am to tell you the truth : thoroughly sick of work.
It is not a grammatical sentence. Punctuation does not help.
Omar Ahmed2. The question is: what shall we do with it?
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0#1 is wrong. You could write it like this.
1. I am, to tell you the truth, thoroughly sick of work.
1. To tell you the truth, I am thoroughly sick of work.
1. I am thoroughly sick of work, to tell you the truth.
0Clive is correct. You can set off the parenthetical expression with commas.
1. I am, (comma) to tell you the truth, (comma) thoroughly sick of work.
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