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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation in these examples.

When people say "they dont write them like this anymore!", it doesn't apply here as no one ever wrote a song like this before.

How should this be punctuated ? The comma feels at odds with the speech marks and the exclamation mark ?



Also, when using parenthesis are there any rules regarding the comma being placed next to the bracket?

I took the dog for a walk around the park (horrible weather), and

  

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", it doesn't apply here as no one ever wrote a song like this before. How should this be punctuate d? The comma feels at odds with the speech marks and the exclamation mar k?

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  • ", it doesn't apply here as no one ever wrote a song like this before.
  • How should this be punctuate d?
  • The comma feels at odds with the speech marks and the exclamation mar k?
  • The punctuation in that sentence is OK in itself.
  • However, to me the sentence overall is not totally coherent.
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panda blue 483When people say "they don't write them like this anymore!", it doesn't apply here as no one ever wrote a song like this before.
How should this be punctuated? The comma feels at odds with the speech marks and the exclamation mark?
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