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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:11 AM Original message |
Grammar Question!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. IMO it's greatly preferable in your context, but not absolutely mandatory... |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Falling sentence? LOL! |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's "following", not "falling". |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing to do with commas but 'like' is overused |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Speaking you might say 'like', but in writing 'as though' is better. nt |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Thanks for your input ... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. There are plenty of fish in the sea |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. That's where I met her! |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. I tend to go with |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's a matter of judgment. No hard and fast rule here. nt |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. leave out "like" n/t |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. It is fine as is but |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. My Own Personal Rule |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I also |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Thank you, MannyGoldstein. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. The comma looks fine .. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. LOL ... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. You forgot the "fuck you" on the end. |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. From a teacher |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. Leave the comma, but change the 'like' to 'as if' |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. How to join sentences: |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Excellent feedback. I knew ... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. My pleasure. It was fun. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Looks good to me. You should go to the National Grammar Rodeo. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. LOL ... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. Keep the comma, drop the passive, drop the "like", drop the contractions |
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RoBear (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Former university comp instructor here, |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. Elements of Style |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. Is it a written formal statement or a colloquial dialog that is being repeated? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. Don't listen to the "it's not mandatory" comments. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Hey, English teacher! |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. In Diana Hacker's, A WRITER'S REFERENCE, Fourth Edition, there is this about commas: |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. For Common Purposes Your Sentence Was Perfectly Fine. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. I am a pro-comma writer. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. The golden rule I learned about commas.. |
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