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right-track 03-10-2010 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 333 (Post 835572)
"Poor people smell," Big3 said.
Your comma was in the right spot, but your closing quotation mark was not.

"Poor people smell, Big3 said"

^ If it was actually said, wouldn't that be correct?

jackhammer 03-10-2010 12:34 PM

No10 is wrong Tore. Jackhammer doesn't like Britney Spears whatsoever!

SATCHMO 03-10-2010 12:57 PM

Quote:

"The guy, whose buttocks I waxed, fell in love with me." OR "The guy whose buttocks I waxed fell in love with me."
This is a tricky one for me. I didn't know if I should have taken out your comma or add another comma after 'the guy'. Can anyone help?
I think it depend on the situation. If you are using "whose buttocks I waxed" as way identifying the guy, as in, "not the guy who came in for a mani/pedi", then commas aren't necessary. If you've previously established the identity, and "whose buttocks I waxed' is an aside to provide supplementary or gratuitous information, then the use of commas to form a parenthetical phrase is appropriate.

TheBig3 03-10-2010 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 835590)
"Poor people smell, Big3 said"

^ If it was actually said, wouldn't that be correct?

If someone said Big3 said it, yes.

But if someone is telling you that Big3 said it, then no.

I.e. is it first hand or second hand information?

right-track 03-10-2010 02:50 PM

That was my point.
Obviously, if it reads like this; "Poor people smell, Big3 said". It's correct to assume it's second hand information. Meaning the punctuation is good.

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TheBig3 03-10-2010 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 835641)
That was my point.
Obviously, if it reads like this; "Poor people smell, Big3 said". It's correct to assume it's second hand information. Meaning the punctuation is good.

o-k, did someone say it was wrong? Tell me what I'm missing here.

right-track 03-10-2010 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 333 (Post 835572)
"Poor people smell," Big3 said.
Your comma was in the right spot, but your closing quotation mark was not. Also, the alternatives of quotation and comma usage:

Big3 said, "Poor people smell."

"Poor people," Big3 said, "smell like trash."

"Poor people smell," Big3 said. "Do we beat them for it?"

Didn't 333 assume it was wrong?

And what have you got against poor people Brennan?

TheBig3 03-10-2010 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track (Post 835646)
Didn't 333 assume it was wrong?

And what have you got against poor people Brennan?

1. I don't read what 333 says.

2. I hate my own.

Freebase Dali 03-10-2010 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog (Post 835614)
If someone said Big3 said it, yes.

But if someone is telling you that Big3 said it, then no.

I.e. is it first hand or second hand information?

Seems to me that if it's a quoted response, it should read like this:

Q: "What did Big3 say?"
A: He said; "Poor people smell." OR "Poor people smell."
The tricky one is: "Big3 said poor people smell." because it seems redundant in context with the Q... but I don't think it's correct, as a quoted response, to write "Poor people smell, Big3 said".

The only scenario I've seen with regard for the way Tore presented it was in it's actual proper narrative form: "Poor people smell.", Big3 said.
You usually see this in any literature where the narrator is quoting. The narrator doesn't quote his narration, therefore the quotations surround only the quote, and the comma separates the quote from the narration.

right-track 03-10-2010 02:59 PM

Here's Tore's original post;

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore (Post 835507)

"Poor people smell, Big3 said."

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog (Post 835647)
1. I don't read what 333 says.

2. I hate my own.

1. Why? Is she poor?
2. Every home should have one!


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