Comma conundrums & other punctuation perplexities

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Comma conundrums & other punctuation perplexities

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PUNCTUATION DISCUSSIONS:

Below are permanent links to some major discussions on punctuation. If you don't find a discussion that applies to your question, start your own.

APOSTROPHES
CAPITALIZATION
COLONS
COMMAS
"GRAMMAR GIRL - QUICK & DIRTY TIPS"
HEIGHT
HYPHENS
INTERRUPTIONS
NUMBERS
OBJECTIONS
PARAGRAPHING
QUOTATION MARKS
SEMICOLONS
WEB SITES (rules)

Discussion Forum

Comma rule for this? 2 Replies

Started by Joyce Davis. Last reply by Joyce Davis Feb 14.

Question mark after quoted sentences that are part of overall question 2 Replies

Started by Alice Clark. Last reply by Alice Clark Jan 24.

Number vs. No. 10 Replies

Started by Audrey C. Eaton. Last reply by Audrey C. Eaton Dec 31.

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Comment by Glen Warner on Friday

Heh ... what Keith said!  No reason for capitalization there.

Comment by Christina Smith on Friday

It was capped by my reporter when I received it. That threw me off. I scoured more of Morson's and agree with you that it's not capped and there is no reason for it to even possibly be capped. LOL  Thank you for your input!

Comment by Keith Rowan II on Friday

 I wouldn't cap it.  Why do you want to cap it?  I don't see the impetus.

Comment by Christina Smith on Friday

Don't know if I should file this under capitalization, numbers, dates, or what. I can't find anything in Morson's (probably not looking in the right place) and I'm getting conflicting advice from the Internet.

"...the year 2000..."  OR "....the Year 2000..."?   Or 2005, 2012, it doesn't matter. 

Comment by Cindy Clark on March 19, 2012 at 14:46

I would use LMEG Rule 86b for this.  "I started taking allergy shots in, I want to say, June." 

"I want to say" is a parenthetical that could be removed and the sentence would still make sense.

"I started taking allergy shots in June."

Comment by Christina Smith on March 19, 2012 at 14:40

Help, please. Where, if anywhere, do commas belong in this sentence:

I started taking allergy shots in I want to say June.

Comment by Janiece on March 16, 2012 at 14:38

Would you capitalize "The 12 Steps"?  They are speaking of them in general or a

12-Step program, not as a title of something written -- well, sometimes they talk about a workbook w/ "The 12 Steps" in it.  When I Googled it seemed "The 12 Steps" was capitalized.

Thx

Comment by Janiece on March 14, 2012 at 16:07

Thank you.  She says it a lot so I wanted to get it right.

Comment by Cynthia Dunbar on March 14, 2012 at 15:48

I agree with Quyen. The apostrophe's a solid way to indicate what it means just in case there's any question.

(I've noticed in movies and songs there's no apostrophe, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything, i.e., "Boyz n the Hood" and "Where Da Hood At?")

Comment by Quyen N. Do on March 14, 2012 at 15:24
No, no quotes.

We moved from the 'hood I grew up in.
 

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