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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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punctuation :)
In his article " Hope dies last," Peter says: " I never give up hope..... I will persevere in the goal which I have set for myelf [ you can see the degree of determinedness of his], and I will be a happy person: being loved by the whole world."
I have made up this sentence myself.
Comments?
Incho
I have made up this sentence myself.
Comments?
Incho
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Hello Incho Yes, it looks good. I would use round brackets rather than square, and only three dots after "hope", though. And you might want to eliminate the space before the first "I" as well; change "myelf" to "myself"; and "set for" to "set".
- Hello Incho Yes, it looks good.
- I would use round brackets rather than square, and only three dots after "hope", though.
- And you might want to eliminate the space before the first "I" as well; change "myelf" to "myself"; and "set for" to "set".
- Perhaps also: "you can see how determined he is", rather than the phrase in sq.
- brackets.
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Hello Incho
Yes, it looks good. I would use round brackets rather than square, and only three dots after "hope", though.
And you might want to eliminate the space before the first "I" as well; change "myelf" to "myself"; and "set for" to "set". Perhaps also: "you can see how determined he is", rather than the phrase in sq. brackets.
See you later,
MrP
Yes, it looks good. I would use round brackets rather than square, and only three dots after "hope", though.
And you might want to eliminate the space before the first "I" as well; change "myelf" to "myself"; and "set for" to "set". Perhaps also: "you can see how determined he is", rather than the phrase in sq. brackets.
See you later,
MrP
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Hi,
Personally, I don't like to use a lot of colons. I'd be happy to remove the first one, possibly replacing it with a comma. I'd certainly replace the second one with a comma. For me, two colons in one sentence are two too many.
I'd also consider removing the word 'being'.
Best wishes, Clive
Personally, I don't like to use a lot of colons. I'd be happy to remove the first one, possibly replacing it with a comma. I'd certainly replace the second one with a comma. For me, two colons in one sentence are two too many.
I'd also consider removing the word 'being'.
Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
It seems to me that the use of punctuation marks is sometimes a matter of taste and style.
There are NOT ALWAYS strict conventions you have to follow.
And it is important to bear in my when composing a prose, be it academic or informal, that you are 'free' to use them to a certain degree.
The three dot to be applied when discontinue the quotation, I did not know
It seems to me that the use of punctuation marks is sometimes a matter of taste and style.
There are NOT ALWAYS strict conventions you have to follow.
And it is important to bear in my when composing a prose, be it academic or informal, that you are 'free' to use them to a certain degree.
The three dot to be applied when discontinue the quotation, I did not know
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Hi Incho,
I agree with you to a large extent about the use of punctuation sometimes being a matter of style. The one hard and fast rule you MUST abide by is to be consistent with whatever style you chose to work with. The Chicago Manual of Style is pretty cumbersome and hard to work with, but has just about every aspect of style you can think of and in my job it's important that I know it
I agree with you to a large extent about the use of punctuation sometimes being a matter of style. The one hard and fast rule you MUST abide by is to be consistent with whatever style you chose to work with. The Chicago Manual of Style is pretty cumbersome and hard to work with, but has just about every aspect of style you can think of and in my job it's important that I know it
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