Do you know your ENGLISH GRAMMAR!?

[BuddyBoy]

Cetainly, BD. It was a question we were discussing. If the senetence itself, not the quotation, is the question, the question mark appears at the end of the sentence. Did John say, "I'm going to the store."?

That just looks so wrong to me. Perhaps I'm looking for: "Did John say, 'I'm going to the store'?" asked Beatrice.

I'm afraid much of my grammatical prowess a la Strunk & White was beaten out of me in Journalism School back in my youth. We were given the CP (Canadian Press) style book along with the CP caps and spelling which mandated AMERICAN spelling for Canadian wire services. The freelance editors' association of Canada was working on a true Canadian style guide (in which I would not be shunned for using the form 'programme' vs. the shudder inducing 'program'), but alas, it never came to fruition.

I did walk away from all the mess of rules with one belief fully established: only use an exclamation mark if the universe is exploding.

Of course, my later studies in astronomy highlighting the expansion of the universe robbed that pithy advice of its indended meaning somewhat, but I think it still suggested a point.

 

[Aloha!]

Hehehe, Dopler shift is great stuff, eh? But, Buddy, is the universe open or closed? THERE'S a good question...

 

[D_alex8]

I did walk away from all the mess of rules with one belief fully established: only use an exclamation mark if the universe is exploding.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMFG, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rawbone8]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMFG, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Alex, you are being an absolute brat. That's the wurst offence of ‘hot-dogging’ I have witnessed here!” exclaimed his steamed editor. “Pass the mustard.”

 

[D_Sheffield Thongbynder]

“Alex, you are being an absolute brat. That's the wurst offence of ‘hot-dogging’ I have witnessed here!” exclaimed his steamed editor. “Pass the mustard.”

LPSG -- it is the best of times; it is the wurst of times.

 

[B_Stronzo]

LPSG -- it is the best of times; it is the wurst of times.

and with luck the brat 'wurst' of times.. (in honor of alex8's play toys) :tongue:

**runs for cover **

 

[D_Sheffield Thongbynder]

and with luck the brat 'wurst' of times.. (in honor of alex8's play toys) :tongue:

**runs for cover **

As well you should if you remember what he can do with a killer dildo.:wink:

 

[BuddyBoy]

Hehehe, Dopler shift is great stuff, eh? But, Buddy, is the universe open or closed? THERE'S a good question...

I thought it was doppler?

Totally off topic, now that I've noticed your sig, how about a math limerick?
......__
....\/3
../
..| .2 ..............3 * 3.14 ............3__
..| z dz * cos ( --------- ) = ln ( \/e )
..| ......................9
../
1

In only works if you say zee, not zed.

Translates to:

Integral zee squared d zee
from one to the square root of three
times the cosine
of three Pi over nine
equals log of the cube root of e.

Oh, and it's true.

Edited to add periods because the system wipes out extra white space.

 

[Aloha!]

Ooohhh! I know a stupid math fact! Take the surface area of a sphere in three dimensions with a circumferense of pi.

SA=4pi(c^2/4pi^2)
SA=4pi(pi^2/4pi^2)
SA=4pi(1/4)
SA=pi units^2

Woohoo!! Yeah, that was waay cool when I was...13

 

[BuddyBoy]

Ooohhh! I know a stupid math fact! Take the surface area of a sphere in three dimensions with a circumferense of pi.

SA=4pi(c^2/4pi^2)
SA=4pi(pi^2/4pi^2)
SA=4pi(1/4)
SA=pi units^2

Woohoo!! Yeah, that was waay cool when I was...13

Q. What do you call a running girl scout?




































A. Brownian Motion. :biggrin1:

 

[Aloha!]

Hehehe...

I don't know any quantum jokes...well...there is this little one I know....:wink:

 

[BuddyBoy]

Hehehe...

I don't know any quantum jokes...well...there is this little one I know....:wink:

Alice and Bob walk into a bar....

 

[Rubenesque]

I thought it was the 'when you see me' one, as the daisy one should surely have said 'asked Daisy'.

I soooooooooo hope I got it right, I'd be horrified to think I'd cocked up on English grammar!!

 

[DC_DEEP]

I thought it was the 'when you see me' one, as the daisy one should surely have said 'asked Daisy'.

I soooooooooo hope I got it right, I'd be horrified to think I'd cocked up on English grammar!!

If Daisy were really pissed off at John, would the correct word choice be 'growled Daisy' or 'muttered Daisy'?

 

[AlbertCunning]

I agree with the majority(for a change), although I wonder if there ought to be a comma before 'said Daisy'.