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

Punctuation with objections 5 Replies

Started by Jennifer L. Terreri. Last reply by Jennifer L. Terreri May 23, 2017.

Commas 11 Replies

Started by Marla Sharp. Last reply by Chris Jan 21, 2017.

Writing out shortened/abbreviated numbers 2 Replies

Started by gemini35. Last reply by gemini35 Mar 17, 2016.

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Comment by Quyen on June 2, 2013 at 12:57

Thanks, guys.  Yes, it's a lot of extra work for me.  Seriously, just shoot me now! :(

Comment by Janiece Young on June 2, 2013 at 12:54

I think it looks fine, Quyen. :-)

Comment by Janet on June 2, 2013 at 12:54

I went to edit my response and deleted it by mistake.  What you just did looks correct, Quyen.  I wasn't even thinking about the stitching.

Comment by Janiece Young on June 2, 2013 at 12:53

I really hate it when they start spelling a word, M-c- V- as in victory a- y.  How do you make that look nice???

Comment by Quyen on June 2, 2013 at 12:52

Okay, I spell like this:

M-a-r-y, not M-A-R-Y.

So . . . it looks absolutely horrible, but this is what I'm going to do, with suspended hyphens.

T-, as in Tom; -r-, as in Richard; -a-, as in apple; -m-, as in Mary; -e-, as in Edward; -k-, as in kite; -a, as in apple.

So, if she hadn't put all that other junk in there, it would've spelled like this: T-r-a-m-e-k-a.

Comment by Janiece Young on June 2, 2013 at 12:50

Yes, I thought about it too before I posted the first time.  I think you could go either way.  I think the way you suggested reads better because your eye stops at that extra comma.  I think either way is probably fine.

If he did it all the way through it's a lot of extra work for you too :-(

Comment by Quyen on June 2, 2013 at 12:48

Thanks, Janiece and Janet. I was thinking that, too, but all the punctuation makes it look so messy, even though it's more correct.  I will go with that.  Thanks! :)

Comment by Janiece Young on June 2, 2013 at 12:46

Maybe she deleted it.

This was her suggestion:

T, as in Tom; R, as in Richard; A, as in apple; M, as in Mary; E, as in Edward; K, as in kite; A, as in apple

Comment by Quyen on June 2, 2013 at 12:44

For some reason, I can't see Janet's post.

Comment by Janiece Young on June 2, 2013 at 12:42

Janet's suggestion may be the best.

 

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