Yes. In fact, I prefer the sentence without that comma.* While we're talking about punctuation, your question isn't punctuated correctly. You are joining two independent clauses with a comma. This is known as a "comma

Would you say "You're as slow as me?" or "You're as slow as I am?" I believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes. I assume you'd agree that the first question mark is

I believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes. I assume you'd agree that the first question mark is superfluous, but is the American convention really to put the final question mark inside the quotes? I

Your punctuation is wonky. You don't need question marks inside ... I believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes. CJ

Both are natural to me. Your punctuation is wonky. You don't need question marks inside the quotes, you need one question mark at the end of your question, outside the quotes. (Unusually, these sentences might be intoned as questions, in

hi there, I've been on this phonological problem for about 3 days. All I got are a big question mark and a terrible headache... PLZ help: I have three sets of data from Latin and i m asked to give underlying forms and write rules to account

The accepted method is: "Is that you , Susan?" he asked the maid downstairs . There are two 'rules' involved here. (1) The punctuation within the quoation marks belongs to the quote or utterance and is not a punctuation of the overall sentence.

If the letter after a question mark must be capitalized, shouldn't the correct version of this be: "Is that you Susan?" He asked the maid downstairs. If not, what's the grammar rule here?

I remember hearing about punctuation mark that existed for a short period of time which was a combination of a question mark and an exclamation mark. It was simply a question mark drawn on top of an exclamation mark. I can't find any

Hi, if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean? 'Sic' is a Latin word that means 'thus'. It's used in a situation where someone is being quoted and they used