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Market Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
please help with comma in dialoq.
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00 need some help proff reading some phrases. if i put ( ) it means i'm confused, should i place a comma or not. 02 br
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00 1. "But she's right ( ) where would I go?" 02 br
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00 2."Boy ( ) you must be lost." 02 br
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00 3."Oh, one more thing ( ) can you cook?" 02 br
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00 4."Of course, but first ( ) you see ( ) I was hoping for some sort of reward for my troubles." 02 br
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00 5. "Yeah! They took her ( ) and it's all your fault." 02 br
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00 6."You'd better change your attitude ( ) or your friends will never show up." 02 br
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00 7."When they come back ( ) they' re going to know it's us." 02 br
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00 8. "Are you going to let us through ( ) or do I have to call the police?" 02 br
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00 9."Hey, you can laugh about this tomorrow ( ) but right now ( ) we need to leave." 02 br
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00 10."Sometimes( ) but at least I tried." 02 br
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00 11."I filled it out a month ago ( ) and as you can see ( ) every thing is in order." 02 br
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00 need some help proff reading some phrases. if i put ( ) it means i'm confused, should i place a comma or not. 02 br
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00 1. "But she's right ( ) where would I go?" 02 br
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00 2."Boy ( ) you must be lost." 02 br
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00 3."Oh, one more thing ( ) can you cook?" 02 br
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00 4."Of course, but first ( ) you see ( ) I was hoping for some sort of reward for my troubles." 02 br
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00 5. "Yeah! They took her ( ) and it's all your fault." 02 br
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00 6."You'd better change your attitude ( ) or your friends will never show up." 02 br
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00 7."When they come back ( ) they' re going to know it's us." 02 br
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00 8. "Are you going to let us through ( ) or do I have to call the police?" 02 br
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00 9."Hey, you can laugh about this tomorrow ( ) but right now ( ) we need to leave." 02 br
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00 10."Sometimes( ) but at least I tried." 02 br
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00 11."I filled it out a month ago ( ) and as you can see ( ) every thing is in order." 02 br
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0 Market, write them the way you THINK they go, and we'll take a look. (Some of them, like #1, can't use a comma. ) 0-
- 0 Market, write them the way you THINK they go, and we'll take a look.
- (Some of them, like #1, can't use a comma.
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0 Market, write them the way you THINK they go, and we'll take a look. (Some of them, like #1, can't use a comma. Either a dash, or a period and then a capital W to start the new sentence.) 0-
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0 ok , I'll try. I'll put "A" besides the ones that I know need a cooma, and I'll place "B" besides the ones I need explainations to understand why there's a comma. 02 br
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00 1. "But she's right ( , where would I go?" -B 02 br
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00 2."Boy ( , you must be lost." -A 02 br
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00 3."Oh, one more thing ( , can you cook?" -A 02 br
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00 1. "But she's right ( , where would I go?" -B 02 br
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00 2."Boy ( , you must be lost." -A 02 br
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00 3."Oh, one more thing ( , can you cook?" -A 02 br
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0 Hi Market, 02 br
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00 Some aspects of punctuation are a matter of style, I believe. So here is what I would do. 01 blockquote
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00 Some aspects of punctuation are a matter of style, I believe. So here is what I would do. 01 blockquote
01 cite 10 Market 12 cite 10 1. "But she's right ( , where would I go?" -B 11 font 10 "But she's right - where would I go?" OR "But she's right. Where would I go?" 12 font 12 br
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