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The word "I" is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or question mark or exclamation mark).
Some of the commas I've suggested are not mandatory. I just feel they help make the
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mr wordy
113 days ago
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It's usually used with an exclamation mark: !
It means...this/that is a good deal.
Personally, I would like this construction to fall into complete disuse in English.
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Here is the rule in American English: (different sources are consistent on this rule, and I suspect British English has the same rule.) When both the whole sentence and the unit enclosed in quotation marks are questions or exclamations, the
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alpheccastars
252 days ago
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Hi Chipper, and welcome to English Forums.
Your replacement was fine, but I bet no one would have noticed the "the"s in the original. Unlike exclamation marks! Which tend to draw the reader's notice!!
You could have recast the
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Hi, We have but skimmed the surface. eg this is from http://www.writtensound.com/laughter.htm Clive Laughter When you try and write the sound of a person laughing, the standard "haha!" does not always capture the true sound and meaning.
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clive
294 days ago
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I loved this review! +++ The weekend's TV London is flooded, the royals have fled - but don't worry, David Suchet is in charge Nancy Banks-Smith The Guardian, Monday May 5 2008 When you feel lazy, there is a lot to be said for tosh, and
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mc
1 yr 197 days ago
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My colleague and I have been wondering about this for a while...If you're referring to a title with a question mark or exclamation mark, which typically requires quotation marks around it, should you use a comma along with exclamation mark and
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I note on usenet that there are two conventions about the positioning of punctuation ? ! : and ; The a majority post "is this correct?" While a significant minority post "is this correct ?" IMO this must be that this is a carry
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dave fawthrop
3 yr 317 days ago
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