11-02-2010 at 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Desda
The question mark goes inside the quotation marks...
/pet peeve.
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That's for quoting a question, he has is asking a question involving a quote so he is actually correct here. |
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11-02-2010 at 03:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Desda
The question mark goes inside the quotation marks...
/pet peeve.
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Wrong.
People who comment on punctuation in forums. /pet peeve
People who incorrectly comment on punctuation in forums /major
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Originally Posted by Source
A question mark almost always follows the same rules as commas and periods.
"When does the shipment come in?" Jack asked.
The exception, however, is when the actual sentence is a question but the direct quote is not. Only one question mark should be used, outside of the quotation marks, marking that the entire sentence is a question. No period or comma should be placed within the final quote.
Similarly, if a piece (poem, story, episode) is in quotes, but the sentence is a question, the question mark should appear outside of the quotes.
Do you agree with the saying "There's no such thing as a stupid question"?
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11-02-2010 at 03:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toast
Wrong.
People who comment on punctuation in forums. /pet peeve
People who incorrectly comment on punctuation in forums /major
pet peeve
A question mark almost always follows the same rules as commas and periods.
"When does the shipment come in?" Jack asked.
The exception, however, is when the actual sentence is a question but the direct quote is not. Only one question mark should be used, outside of the quotation marks, marking that the entire sentence is a question. No period or comma should be placed within the final quote.
Similarly, if a piece (poem, story, episode) is in quotes, but the sentence is a question, the question mark should appear outside of the quotes.
Do you agree with the saying "There's no such thing as a stupid question"?
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Mind = blown. |
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11-02-2010 at 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Desda
Mind = blown.
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It's not that hard. This is basic grammar that we learned in, like, grade 4. :|
The fact you didn't know = mind is blown.
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11-02-2010 at 03:42 PM
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∞/0? Only I know.
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Originally Posted by xo.monica
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It's not that hard. This is basic grammar that we learned in, like, grade 4. :|
The fact you didn't know = mind is blown.
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Yet you don't know how to spell pineapple?  |
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11-02-2010 at 03:42 PM
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Yet you don't know how to spell pineapple? |
But who likes pineapples? Really? |
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11-02-2010 at 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SilentWalker
Yet you don't know how to spell pineapple? |
Grammar and punctuation are completely different than spelling. You learn a set of grammatical and punctual guidelines early on that form the foundation of your writing. There's little excuse for making these kinds of mistakes. Obviously, it is much more understandable if somebody makes a spelling error for a word they do not regularly use. I'm not even considering the fact that she may have known how to spell the word properly, but made a simple typo.
Besides, she certainly didn't try to assert her knowledge of spelling while making the mistake.
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11-02-2010 at 06:10 PM
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Trillian is worse than WLM...
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What do you suggest? afaik the new Trillian was worth checking out last time I read about it (didn't try though).
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11-02-2010 at 07:16 PM
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What do you suggest? afaik the new Trillian was worth checking out last time I read about it (didn't try though).
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I haven't used the newest one (Trillian Astra IIRC), but I have used it in the past and it's more extensible than WLM, but has some compatibility issues with the client and uses more memory than WLM. It just seemed like I was giving up both performance and compatibility to use Trillian over WLM which really didn't make any sense unless I needed Trillian's multi-client compatibility. I've tried Miranda, Trillian, and Pidgin and I've always come back to WLM, the other clients aren't really worth the headache.
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11-03-2010 at 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Tailsnake
I haven't used the newest one (Trillian Astra IIRC), but I have used it in the past and it's more extensible than WLM, but has some compatibility issues with the client and uses more memory than WLM. It just seemed like I was giving up both performance and compatibility to use Trillian over WLM which really didn't make any sense unless I needed Trillian's multi-client compatibility. I've tried Miranda, Trillian, and Pidgin and I've always come back to WLM, the other clients aren't really worth the headache.
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More extensible you say? Have you tried www.msgpluslive.net ?
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11-03-2010 at 07:08 PM
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I'm just amazed at the bloatware WLM has become.
I just want to text chat. Maybe video or audio as well.
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11-03-2010 at 07:14 PM
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Coming from you who does nothing but give virtual poop?
Come on now.
Being a jackass is fun till someone does it to you, right? >_>
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