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meirman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:01 am
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Please tell me again how I'm supposed to punctuate the end of these
sentences.
Before the Tonight Show he was host of "Do you trust your wife?".
After a couple years its name was changed to "Who do you trust?".
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years |
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don groves
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:27 am
Post subject: Re: punctuation again |
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In article <rdohl011rd24qms56a2vogj5t7gfig6tf6@4ax.com>,
meirman@invalid.com wrote...
| Quote: | Please tell me again how I'm supposed to punctuate the end of these
sentences.
Before the Tonight Show he was host of "Do you trust your wife?".
After a couple years its name was changed to "Who do you trust?".
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Here's my take --
Before the Tonight Show, he hosted "Do You Trust Your Wife?".
After a couple years, its name became "Who Do You Trust?".
I prefer a single sentence though --
Before the Tonight Show, he hosted "Do You Trust Your Wife?",
which became "Who Do You Trust?" after a couple years.
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Martin Ambuhl
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:34 am
Post subject: Re: punctuation again |
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meirman wrote:
| Quote: | Please tell me again how I'm supposed to punctuate the end of these
sentences.
Before the Tonight Show he was host of "Do you trust your wife?".
After a couple years its name was changed to "Who do you trust?".
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Those look good to me.
However, _The Perrin-Smith Handbook of Current English_ has these
examples of correct use:
"Why do you say that?" Mother asked me.
He gave me a skeptical look which seemed to mean "Look who's
talking!" [No final period]
Did you hear him say, "Are you crazy?" [a second question mark would
violate their "no doubled punctuation" rule]
A parallel to the last, from _Harbrace College Handbook_, but without
the double question, is
He asked, "When did you arrive?" [No final period]
You example, of course, is quite different, being of a title rather than
direct (or ascribed) speech.
Kate Turabian's _A Manual for Writers_, a revision of the
_Chicago Manual of Style_ for typewritten papers, has no examples of
exceptions (in pars. 3:107-108, 5:14, 5:28-29) to the general rule that
a final '?' within a quotation is not followed with another punctuation
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Joe Taxpayer
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:37 am
Post subject: Re: punctuation again |
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meirman wrote:
| Quote: | Please tell me again how I'm supposed to punctuate the end of these
sentences.
Before the Tonight Show he was host of "Do you trust your wife?".
After a couple years its name was changed to "Who do you trust?".
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years
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But, of course, isn't it "whom do you trust?"
JOE |
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Harvey Van Sickle
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 3:40 am
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On 28 Sep 2004, meirman wrote
| Quote: | Please tell me again how I'm supposed to punctuate the end of these
sentences.
Before the Tonight Show he was host of "Do you trust your wife?".
After a couple years its name was changed to "Who do you trust?".
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They look fine to me as they are, but that's a Rightpondian view -- I
believe the most common AmEng style is to omit the final full stop.
(Haven't we done this many, many times? It must be in the FAQ.)
--
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van) |
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