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RUNEMASTER Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Placing commas and general punctuation

0 Hi! my name is Rodolfo, and I am new here.02br
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00I tried posting whithout registering , and I hope both posts do not show up because now i am registered.02br
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00Suppose I have a sentence as the following:02br
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00I am so tired of singing , and have begun to sing less.02br
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00Is the comma in the previous sentence properly placed, and if so, what type of sentence is it.?02br
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00Notice that in the previous sentence I placed both a period and a question mark. What is wrong with the sentence? Should that sentence take a question mark or a period at the end? How could I have written it properly? I mean would it be acceptable to write as follows:02br
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00Is the comma in the previous sentence properly placed. If so, what type of sentence is it?02br
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00Somehow, I feel uncomfortable with sentences like:02br
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00If so, what type of sentence is it?02br
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00Thank you very much.02br
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00-Rodolfo0-
  

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02br 02br 00Is the comma in the previous sentence properly placed, 02font 00Yes. You could omit it, but I prefer it. 02br 02br 00Notice that in the previous sentence I placed both a period and a question mark.

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 00Is the comma in the previous sentence properly placed, 02font 00Yes.
  • You could omit it, but I prefer it.
  • 02br 02br 00Notice that in the previous sentence I placed both a period and a question mark.
  • What is wrong with the sentence?
  • 00Just put a question mark, not both.
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0Hi Rodolfo,02br
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01font00Suppose I have a sentence as the following:02br
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00I am so tired of singing , and have begun to sing less.02br
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00Is the comma in the previous sentence properly placed, 02font00Yes. You could omit it, but I
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0 Thank you Clive. It is very nice of you to respond to my inquiry.02br
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00I notice you refer to the following sentence as a compound sentence". By the way, in the previous sentence, should the period be inside the outer quote mark or outside?02br
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01font00I am so tired of singing , and have begun to sing less. 00Howev
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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00I notice you refer to the following sentence as a compound sentence". By the way, in the previous sentence, should the period be inside the outer quote mark or outside?01font00 Opinions vary. I like it after the wuote mark. You are missing a quote mark at the beginning. 02font
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0 Thanks Clive. I really learned alot there. So you are suggesting that sometimes the "I" is implied and therefore not necessary. 02br
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01font00I am tired, and am sick. This previous sentence seems to imply an "I" in the second clause. 00So what you are saying is that it is a compound sentence because of the implied "I".02br
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