I take it this means you opted not to ignore Spyro7000's posts then, Night Lord. It might be in your best interest to do so, unless you two have reconciled.
*sigh*
Ya see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage... With their hippin and their hopping and the bippin and the boppin ... so they don't know what THE JAZZ.... IS ALL ABOUT! YA SEE?
Isn't it grammatically incorrect to leave punctuation outside of your quotation marks? That always confuses me though, when you're ending your sentence with a quote of someone while trying to ask a question... If what you're quoting didn't have a question mark, should you really put it inside the quotation marks? Every time I find myself in this situation, I think about it and then give up and try to reword my sentence so it doesn't end with the quote.
Although, I suppose that ultimately, this would be more of a question on mario's grammar and not Shiek's... ¬_¬
So was I, but the last time I was taught such a thing was the seventh grade. After that, for five years all public school did was have us read books. Hence why such matters confuse me.
And I'm pretty sure the second one is correct, as long as you leave out the original quotation's punctuation. Like:
Did he really say "I love going to the zoo"?
By putting your own punctuation within the original quotation, it looks like he had a question mark in his sentence, and I'm pretty sure he didn't say:
I love going to the zoo?
Then again, I turned out to be completely wrong about the original grammar joke (as stated by two separate e-mails), so take my grammatical advice with a heapin' spoonful of salt.
And I'm pretty sure the second one is correct, as long as you leave out the original quotation's punctuation. Like:
Did he really say "I love going to the zoo"?
By putting your own punctuation within the original quotation, it looks like he had a question mark in his sentence, and I'm pretty sure he didn't say:
I love going to the zoo?
Then again, I turned out to be completely wrong about the original grammar joke (as stated by two separate e-mails), so take my grammatical advice with a heapin' spoonful of salt.
I know what you mean. That's why I always hate when I get into that situation.
But what was wrong with your original grammar joke?
I have trouble with people using their age as an excusse on the internet. I don't want to say it bothers me but how do I really know that you're 11? For all I know you're a cop. Then again, proof of your age can clearly be seen in your comic but I won't go and open up a pandora's box of insults so ignore that comment.
I have trouble with people using their age as an excusse on the internet. I don't want to say it bothers me but how do I really know that you're 11? For all I know you're a cop. Then again, proof of your age can clearly be seen in your comic but I won't go and open up a pandora's box of insults so ignore that comment.
Would a cop make a comic based on drawings he made in class while he was bored? And is a cop still in grade 5? I'll bet there a TONS of cops like that. :rolleyes:
Isn't it grammatically incorrect to leave punctuation outside of your quotation marks? That always confuses me though, when you're ending your sentence with a quote of someone while trying to ask a question... If what you're quoting didn't have a question mark, should you really put it inside the quotation marks? Every time I find myself in this situation, I think about it and then give up and try to reword my sentence so it doesn't end with the quote.
Occasionally — very occasionally, we hope — we come across a sentence that seems to demand one kind of punctuation mark within quotation marks and another kind of punctuation mark outside the quotation marks. A kind of pecking order of punctuation marks takes over: other marks are stronger than a period and an exclamation mark is usually stronger than a question mark. If a statement ends in a quoted question, allow the question mark within the quotation marks suffice to end the sentence.
* Malcolm X had the courage to ask the younger generation of American blacks, "What did we do, who preceded you?"
On the other hand, if a question ends with a quoted statement that is not a question, the question mark will go outside the closing quotation mark.
* Who said, "Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster"?
Cool.
I still don't see what was wrong with mario's original joke, though.
"Who's who" is actually grammatically correct. Here's one of the e-mails I received on the subject:
When you use a linking verb, such as "is", you use the subject form of pronouns for the predicate noun. Such has[sic] when you say "This is he," when you answer the phone, rather than "This is him." Similarly, the correct thing to say is "Who is who," rather than "Who is whom."
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Ya see, the kids, they listen to the rap music which gives them the brain damage... With their hippin and their hopping and the bippin and the boppin ... so they don't know what THE JAZZ.... IS ALL ABOUT! YA SEE?
Isn't it grammatically incorrect to leave punctuation outside of your quotation marks? That always confuses me though, when you're ending your sentence with a quote of someone while trying to ask a question... If what you're quoting didn't have a question mark, should you really put it inside the quotation marks? Every time I find myself in this situation, I think about it and then give up and try to reword my sentence so it doesn't end with the quote.
Although, I suppose that ultimately, this would be more of a question on mario's grammar and not Shiek's... ¬_¬
Did he really say "I love going to the zoo?"
instead of
Did he really say "I love going to the zoo."?
Did he really say "I love going to the zoo"?
By putting your own punctuation within the original quotation, it looks like he had a question mark in his sentence, and I'm pretty sure he didn't say:
I love going to the zoo?
Then again, I turned out to be completely wrong about the original grammar joke (as stated by two separate e-mails), so take my grammatical advice with a heapin' spoonful of salt.
I know what you mean. That's why I always hate when I get into that situation.
But what was wrong with your original grammar joke?
Also, not to nag or anything, but this is quite worrying:
I have trouble with people using their age as an excusse on the internet. I don't want to say it bothers me but how do I really know that you're 11? For all I know you're a cop. Then again, proof of your age can clearly be seen in your comic but I won't go and open up a pandora's box of insults so ignore that comment.
You gotta get on the ball, learn how to read and understand what people say.
I guess it depends on where you live.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
Cool.
I still don't see what was wrong with mario's original joke, though.