are the following sentences correct? ''Is this pun made on John?''...

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Jackson6612

#350541 Fri, 13 Apr 07 07:18 PM

Are the following sentences correct? Please give a short reason for your answer if required.

1: Is this pun made on John?

2: I made a pun on John.

3: Making a pun on someone is not a good habit.

4: To make a pun on someone is not a good habit.

5: Why men act more like women these days?

6: Why do men act more like women these days?

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Feebs11

#350549 Fri, 13 Apr 07 07:53 PM

Jackson6612 wrote:
Are the following sentences correct? Please give a short reason for your answer if required.

1: Is this pun made on John?

2: I made a pun on John.

3: Making a pun on someone is not a good habit.

4: To make a pun on someone is not a good habit.

5: Why men act more like women these days?

6: Why do men act more like women these days?

1-4 Puns are made with words, not on people. They are a play on the sounds of words. You would have to say either joke or trick within these sentences.

5 This is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine :" [I am going to tell you] why men act more like women these days."

6 This is fine and grammatical.

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Marius Hancu

#350554 Fri, 13 Apr 07 07:59 PM

1-4 I agree with Feebs.

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Jackson6612

#350691 Sat, 14 Apr 07 08:02 AM

Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " [I am going to tell you] why men act more like women these days."

Do you mean that question mark could not be used at the end of that sentence?

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Jackson6612

#356294 Thu, 26 Apr 07 10:27 PM

Jackson6612 wrote:

Sentence #5 is really a statement. It could be the heading for an article in a magazine: " [I am going to tell you] why men act more like women these days."

Do you mean that question mark could not be used at the end of that sentence?