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To: Tax-chick

Thank you for “The Paws of Fury—Stage I”! (Common usage has changed since elementary school days here. Should the exclamation point go after “I” and should there be a comma after “for”? Etc.


265 posted on 10/21/2018 8:06:16 AM PDT by Silentgypsy ( “If you'r!ot part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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To: Silentgypsy; Tax-chick
Thank you for “The Paws of Fury—Stage I”! (Common usage has changed since elementary school days here. Should the exclamation point go after “I” and should there be a comma after “for”? Etc.

In my usage, avoiding confusion is at least as important as alleged propriety, so yes, put the exclamation point away from the capital i.

And again, in my usage, use the comma to separate the object of the quotation. It's optional, particularly in this instance, but it also helps to distinguish that you're taking the comment in a different direction.

Writing is different from speaking, but we get our clues from the way we speak. If a minor hesitation improves clarity, then it's useful.

266 posted on 10/21/2018 9:42:23 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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