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Comment by Jennie Ann on November 13, 2009 at 23:50

Ditto with Stacy and Tami!

Comment by tami carlson on November 13, 2009 at 21:42

I'd do that one the way Stacy did. I see two questions:

"What about scheduling? How frequently did you do that?"

If he started with "Tell me about scheduling," that would be a sentence and a question:

"Tell me about scheduling. How frequently did you do that?"

Tami

Comment by Keith Rowan II on November 13, 2009 at 21:11

I also think the comma would be a comma splice there. I would use dashes. Semicolon would probably be acceptable also, better than comma.

Comment by Stacy Tegner on November 13, 2009 at 21:01

Can you do "What about scheduling? How frequently did you do that?" ~ Would this be correct? I think I tend to do it like this most of the time. I use the comma just like in Marla's example, but the structure example above comes up all the time and I probably should be doing it the right way :)

Comment by tami carlson on November 13, 2009 at 20:48

I would use the dash. I think the structure is called a "removed appositive." Appositives should be right next to the word they rename or describe.

You use commas when they are adjacent (like Marla's example).

Tami

Comment by Clay Frazier on November 13, 2009 at 11:33

it's a comma splice.

Comment by Tami on November 13, 2009 at 11:29

Yes, Christine, so I think ours counts for only one vote. :)

AND . . .

"What about scheduling, how frequently did you do that?" looks perfectly fine to me. :)

Comment by Clay Frazier on November 13, 2009 at 8:59

But isn't "scheduling" kind of independent? That would essentially be making it a comma splice.

You wouldn't put -
What about scheduling, how frequently did you do that?

Don't get me wrong. I'm the one asking the question. But it's just that they all seem wrong to me for one reason or another.

Comment by Marla Sharp on November 12, 2009 at 19:21

I agree. I'd choose C. If "scheduling" came after the main clause, I'd use a comma before it (How frequently did you have to do that, scheduling?).

Comment by Christine Kirley on November 12, 2009 at 19:15

Clay
C.
( your mom and I had the same English teacher)

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