http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347255Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347255MisterFuzyPants0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347255http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347255.xmlThanks for the insight! Appositives can be tricky, but your post helped a lot.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347220Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347220Dawnstorm1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347220http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347220.xml1. The comma is correct; it's the convention for dialogue punctuation in fiction. I suppose this holds true for film-quotes, too. 2. Generally, there are two ways to treat "Dirty Hairy" (shouldn't this be "Dirty Harry"?): Apposition: ...in Clint Eastwood's 1971 film, Dirty Hairy , ... (what you did with "Harry Callahan") As head of a noun phrase: ...in the 1971 film Dirty Hairy ... Only the appositive use takes commas, but then you'd have to make one after "film" as well. This sounds strange to me. This is how I see the subject of your sentence: Clint Eastwood's Character, Harry Calahan, in the 1971 film Dirty Hairy = Subject. OR Clint Eastwood's Character, Harry Calahan, = Subject // in the 1971 film Dirty Hairy = another adverbial...http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347217Sun, 24 May 2009 17:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347217MisterFuzyPants2http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347217http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347217.xmlPerfect! Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347209Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347209Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htm#347209http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347209.xmlMy choice: With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character in the 1971 film Dirty Hairy , Harry Callahan, uttered his now famous catchphrase “You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?”http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htmTue, 24 Feb 2009 18:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:347208MisterFuzyPants4http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaOrColon/vclhr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-347208.xmlHi, I'm new to these forums, and I have a couple questions about a sentence. With his oversized gun drawn and pointed at the head of a hapless thief, Clint Eastwood’s character, Harry Callahan, in the 1971 film Dirty Hairy uttered his now famous catchphrase , “You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?” The first question I have is whetherI should use a comma, a semicolon, or something else when i'm introducing the quotation (right now I have a comma). The second question I have is whether I should have a comma after the title. Any hints would be apreciated!