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Goodheart

(5,308 posts)

9. That doesn't make much sense.

Reply to Foolacious (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 10:06 AM

Jul 2020

You're saying this is correct:

He said "give me the money," and I happily obliged.

????

We need a new Punctuation Convention. Masks required.

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That's between you and I [View all] Goodheart Jul 2020 OP

Drives me crazy too. Mossfern Jul 2020 #1

I'm old and school was a long time ago (I'm talking b&w TV!) Alliepoo Jul 2020 #2

The American rule is that the question mark goes inside the quotation marks Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #5

This is incorrect wackadoo wabbit Jul 2020 #26

Here's something more authoritative than my personal knowledge wackadoo wabbit Jul 2020 #28

The problem is, English is an organic language and writing styles vary by which one used. TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #32

It depends. The mark goes after the question, whatever the question is... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #6

I was taught that too. Mossfern Jul 2020 #8

It certainly bugs me. Laelth Jul 2020 #3

US-style punctuation goes by the logic of the statement, EXCEPT... Foolacious Jul 2020 #4

That doesn't make much sense. Goodheart Jul 2020 #9

Yes, that's what I'm saying. Foolacious Jul 2020 #24

Yet another reason I should move to Canada. :) Goodheart Jul 2020 #25

I use programmers' punctation rules. eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #7

There you go! Goodheart Jul 2020 #11

Ah, yes-- we no longer teach students sentence diagramming, so they have no idea about... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #10

Sentence diagramming was good stuff, really. Goodheart Jul 2020 #12

I actually enjoyed it, and you learned a lot about language. TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #13

We should probably retire "fewer" along with it. GoCubsGo Jul 2020 #14

"Less" where "fewer" should be used drives me NUTS! Goodheart Jul 2020 #15

While I'm at it, I keep hearing about trump's "cognitive test". Goodheart Jul 2020 #16

I hate it DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #17

No, it's not wackadoo wabbit Jul 2020 #29

Sorry, you're right DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #30

No worries wackadoo wabbit Jul 2020 #31

Your punctuation is correct. ananda Jul 2020 #18

Question everything, LOL! Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #19

At this point I'm wondering why "I" and "me" ever became separate words in the first place. Goodheart Jul 2020 #21

Please yellowwoodII Jul 2020 #35

Right you are! Mea Culpa Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #39

I'm with you! mantis49 Jul 2020 #20

Drives me NUTS Shanti Mama Jul 2020 #22

Yes, I wince when I read or hear it Leith Jul 2020 #23

i've had to let go of the "begs the question" vs. "raises the question" irritation 0rganism Jul 2020 #27

No, the question mark belongs outside the quotation marks in that sentence, just as you have it. tblue37 Jul 2020 #33

A lot of that makes no sense. Goodheart Jul 2020 #36

The British use logical punctuation. The U.S. insists on it exceptionalism. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #37

It drives me crazy, too DFW Jul 2020 #34

I once had a dangling participle but the doctor cut it off I. panader0 Jul 2020 #38