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09-11-2010, 03:35 PM

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bearisgray

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The (then) president of a company I was temping at asked me "Who is your superior?"

Doggone near choked on that one - my immediate thought was "I haven't been here long enough to know who might be - - -"
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but I replied, "I report to . . . . "

09-11-2010, 08:04 PM

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Kas

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dsb38327

(I make up my own rules). Not really, I just do the best I can do. the s really messes with me. 's is plural? s' is possessive? Can never remember.

It depends! :lol: :lol: That's why English is so hard. Too many rules that have exceptions.

09-11-2010, 09:13 PM

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theoldgraymare

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Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks. The rules for other punctuation are not so simple.

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

09-11-2010, 09:55 PM

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KarenSimon

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ktbb

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.co...nctuation.html

This is only one of the many places you can get this information. Google "punctuation rules" and you get a long list of options.

That just went into my favorite places. Thousands of times I try to remember back in high school (over 40 years ago) what a rule is. Thanks for sharing.

09-12-2010, 04:17 AM

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Edie

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My favorite is quoting a quote:

Mary said, "'Never empty handed to the kitchen go.'"

Edie

09-12-2010, 11:09 AM

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Usually! my head, knows? where punctuation: goes but sometimes my "fingers don't get)( the message.

03-01-2011, 01:49 PM

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As anyone that has read any of my posts I put them where I think they should go. I bet they are never in right place,but oh well

03-01-2011, 02:51 PM

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I can't stand people bungling its and it's - "it's" very easy - it's = it is. Period. End of discussion. If you wouldn't put "it is" in the sentence , don't put in "it's".

Remember punctuation saves lives. There's a big difference between
"Let's eat, Grandma"
and
"Let's eat Grandma"