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Zondrae
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Grammar

Post by Zondrae » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:20 am

Does anyone think it might be a good idea to have a spot where we can ask questions on English Grammar?

I am often confused by my word processor and I am not confident enough to back my instinct. I would love to have somewhere I could post a question, now and then, and get a learned answer.

eg. When you write a quote - does the full stop (question mark etc) appear before or after the "-" ?
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Re: Grammar

Post by warooa » Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:38 am

I reckon that's a great idea . . . all we need's a grammar mentor.

When it comes down to the nitty gritty of it, a brilliant poem can come unstuck by something like a misplaced apostrophe at the pointy end of competitions.

It's not hard to be confused by your word proccessor, Zondrae . . . my "spill chequer" gives this the 'all okay' (I know - it's an oldie)

I halve a spilling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss Steak’s eye kin knot sea

When eye strike a quay, right a word
I weight four it two say
Weather eye is wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh

As soon as a mist aches is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye con put the error write
It’s rare lea ever wrong

Eye jest run this poem threw it
Eye is shore yaw pleased two no
It’s letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew

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Re: Grammar

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:04 am

Grate eye deer Zondray :lol: :lol:
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Re: Grammar

Post by Robyn » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:22 am

I agree, excellent idea!
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PS Love the poem Marty. As a former editor, I've seen so many of those it would make you weep... especially when the culprit has been me, in a hurry!
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Re: Grammar

Post by mummsie » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:40 am

YES PLEASE
the door is always open, the kettles always on, my shoulders here to cry on, i'll not judge who's right or wrong.

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Re: Grammar

Post by manfredvijars » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:41 am

My Grammar's busy in the kitchen baking lamingtons ...

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Re: Grammar

Post by David Campbell » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:45 am

Hi Zondrae

The question mark goes inside the quotation marks in normal speech: "How are you going?"

But if you're including a quote as part of a sentence, it doesn't: Who was it that said "the pen is mightier than the sword"?

But someone will undoubtedly come up with complications/anomalies!

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Re: Grammar

Post by Stephen Whiteside » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:03 am

The sad thing is that we appear to be the last generation to care about grammar.
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Re: Grammar

Post by warooa » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:42 pm

Stephen, I definetly care about Grammar if she's baking Lamingtons

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Re: Grammar

Post by Terry » Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:01 pm

Great Idea,
Most of us seem to be in the same boat, in fact I'd guess there are very few who are really on top of it.

I liked David's example, I've learned something already!

Terry

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