I can't stop myself; it's a sickness.The comma goes inside the quote marks.
Yeah, only if what's in the quotes is not a fragment. Plus, totally changes depending on which style guide is your master.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
javachik - Aug 29, 2010 8:35:49 pm PDT #585 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Aug 29, 2010 9:08:20 pm PDT #586 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I only mention it because (this is one of the rare instances where) I think the British version makes more sense. Generally the British version makes more nonsense, which has its appeal.
I'm gonna have to cite a writer, not a writer's guide, (and you know which one I think is the higher authority) and note that John Gardner argues that at a certain level of competence punctuation is a matter of style rather than rule.
I will also point to the historical fact that most matters of grammar (and taste, for that matter) are issues of class rather than logic. That choosing one over the other is a kind of boundary enforcement, not the flower of inevitable, transcendent RIGHTNESS.
Strix - Aug 29, 2010 9:12:35 pm PDT #587 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think I found the paint color I want for my hallway going up the stairs: Blue Peacock (Sherwin-Williams)
erin_obscure - Aug 29, 2010 9:22:50 pm PDT #588 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Um. Is this gal in a wedding dress in her pictures? [link] It sure looks like it. Nothing against divorced folk. But it's an interesting choice for pictures on a dating site, no?
Yes. I looked at the full shot and it is most definitely a wedding gown, w/ train. Bold choice. She should really put up some candids instead of her posed wedding photos. Wierd. And since her profile doesn't specify divorced/widowed/open marriage that would send up a million red flags for me.
But lo, i am picky.
omnis_audis - Aug 29, 2010 9:25:16 pm PDT #589 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
oh no. I had lots of red flags on that one. Is it normal to have that many solo shots of the bride? Maybe she modeled for a bridal magazine. Not going to ask to find out. Too. Many. Red. Flags!
erin_obscure - Aug 29, 2010 9:28:17 pm PDT #590 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
On looking again, she says that she's looking for "anybody" for "friends" so maybe she doesn't realize it's a dating site? Maybe she's just looking for gaming buddies?
billytea - Aug 29, 2010 9:28:27 pm PDT #591 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
oh no. I had lots of red flags on that one. Is it normal to have that many solo shots of the bride? Maybe she modeled for a bridal magazine. Not going to ask to find out. Too. Many. Red. Flags!
I'm trying to parse that theme. Was she marrying in the midst of glorious revolution?
omnis_audis - Aug 29, 2010 9:42:30 pm PDT #592 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
bt for the win!
Shir - Aug 30, 2010 2:24:31 am PDT #593 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Good luck with finding someone, omnis.
Great painting, Aims. And the room... big! (Or is the dog small?)
As for commas, I don't care: even though I learned to leave the comma outside of the quotation marks, as long as there is uniformity in the usage of it I'm a happy girl.
Started looking for a part time job (because I need to save money somehow to visit all of you!), and I just sent my resume to something I'd really like to do, so ~ma would be very appreciated.
Aims - Aug 30, 2010 2:58:33 am PDT #594 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Or is the dog small?
The dog is small. Like his brain.