Open Question about Punctuation

333 · 03-10-2010, 11:34 AM

Oh, OK. I get it now. I don't think it's necessarily considered as punctuation. I feel like a lot of posters do it for delivery effect, and I feel some do it out of habit. I find it quite annoying myself, but won't ignore a post of it's in line break format. Now, for your commas, Tore! I love grammar. Not claiming that I'm some expert. I just love writing in general.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore

"When I farted, Henry died."

"I am a person, and I like grapes."

"The dog, which was brown, smelled awful."

"Boardtracker, a musicbanter tracking bot, is less boring than Erica."

"My favourite forum, the lounge, is full of crappy threads."

"RT, come here!"
"You go, girl!"
"Well, my boy?"
"No smoking in my office, please!"

"Britney Spears is sexy, talented, highly sophisticated, bow-chicka-bowowish and full of spunk, according to Jackhammer."

These, I believe, are correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tore

"The guy whose buttocks I waxed, fell in love with me."
"Poor people smell, Big3 said."

"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?

"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?"

Ah, you guys get the point.