You do feel the original comma is either wrong or clunky, Steph?
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 3:57:04 pm PST #2636 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 29, 2012 4:03:22 pm PST #2637 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Informally, I would use a double -- or an em-dash.
Jesse - Nov 29, 2012 4:27:26 pm PST #2638 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good news, Scrappy! In other good news, guess what's on my block?? (Hint: [link]
§ ita § - Nov 29, 2012 4:28:35 pm PST #2639 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is my sister trying to grade. I told her that a comma was at least some right, because look at how wrong it is without it (I call it the Not Less Right school of grammar).
She's gonna just give them a freebie, because apparently...they're not at colons yet. That's the one she liked best, Steph--thanks!
Did I mention university? Maybe in the past.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2012 4:32:40 pm PST #2640 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am still trying to read the sentence that references a slayer. That's what comes after "every generation has..." when I read it.
Scrappy - Nov 29, 2012 4:33:01 pm PST #2641 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My decoration, Jesse!!! Glad to see it's still flying!
meara - Nov 29, 2012 4:33:19 pm PST #2642 of 30001
Informally I would go with a dash, but more formally probably the comma. I wouldn't use the colon and comma, that seems overkill to me. But then, the other night I proofread my roommates application essays or this fellowship, ad she was ALL ABOUT using colons. Madness. I made her take several out.
Steph L. - Nov 29, 2012 4:34:07 pm PST #2643 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
You do feel the original comma is either wrong or clunky, Steph?
It's clunky at best.
She's gonna just give them a freebie, because apparently...they're not at colons yet. That's the one she liked best, Steph--thanks!
Colon, woo! (That would be a good ad campaign for a fiber supplement.)
Did I mention university?
By university, they should know the colon.
Jesse - Nov 29, 2012 4:34:38 pm PST #2644 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My decoration, Jesse!!! Glad to see it's still flying!
I always think of you! OK, this year I don't think of you every single time, but that's because I see it every day! Which is awesome.
Steph L. - Nov 29, 2012 4:37:46 pm PST #2645 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wouldn't use the colon and comma, that seems overkill to me.
IT IS SO ON, BITCH. Bring it. I will fend you off with my colon.
Wait. That doesn't sound right.