Re: Let's examine a Douchebag Willie Grammar Flame!
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> HarryLime wrote: > >> 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. It has also "been observed and noted" that Will Donkey is incapable of writing a single post that does not contain at least one mistake in spelling, grammar, wrong word, punctuation, or subject/verb. 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