Re: Let's examine a Douchebag Willie Grammar Flame!
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> Will Dockery wrote: > [email protected] (George J. Dance) posted: > >> Cujo DeSockpuppet wrote: >> >> snip >> >> It's all you've whined about for days, Douchebag. I notice you won't >> admit I'm right, so see if No-Nads can offer you some slurpage instead. >> >> Here you go: >> >> Kooks love playing Grammar Gestapo. Ever notice that, Kook? >> >> But to answer your incorrect assessment, I'll point out the following: >> >> "When quotation marks are used at the end of a sentence, the placement >> of the period depends on whether the quote is a comple te sentence or a >> phrase. >> >> If the quote is a complete sentence, the period is placed inside the >> closing quotation mark. For example: >> >> She said, "I'm going to the store." >> >> If the quote is only a phrase, the period is placed outside the closing >> quotation mark. For example: >> >> She said she was going to "the store on Main Street". >> >> Note that this rule applies to American English. >> >> No, that rule applies to British English. The rule for American >> English is: >> "Put the period inside the quotation marks. (This is a rule without exception.)" >> https://cmosshoptalk.com/2020/10/20/commas-and-periods-with-quotation-marks/ >> >> In British English, the >> period is typically placed outside the closing quotation mark, even for >> complete sentences." >> >> Wrong again. The rule of British English is to treat commas and >> periods the same as other punctuation marks, and put them >> outside the quotation marks unless they form part of the quoted >> material (in which case they go inside). >> >> further frothing by Kevin snipped >> > > > Thanks again for correcting the lies and misrepresentations and setting the record straight with the truth, George. > > (Typo corrected) > > Your problems with composition extend far beyond the misplacement of a comma, Donkey. It's been observed and noted by many here that you're incapable of writing three intelligible and/or complete consecutive sentences. Indeed, one is often tempted to lower that number to one. This response appears in the discussion at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=709037164#709037164 -- Via JLA Forums web gateway for alt.arts.poetry.comments: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655