Found this layin' around
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googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
Heh, thats amazing. Just the look on his face.
hahahahahahaha oooooo my god that is hilarious
BlingBling 3k12
Somewhere... dunno though
i feel like using that on a couple of threads right now! 
googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
I keep coming back to this thread and laughing. Where did you get that from twyg!!!
googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
Oh be quiet .
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googolplex
jeff.hume.ca
Valrus, I dont think "High Five, ksuther!" is proper grammar as that is a sentance fragment.
"Sorry, Couldn't help it" isn't a sentance either ksuther.
And maybe you should have said that you were saving that picture for a time when it would be useful here, instead of "for when it's useful here".
Oh yes, one more thing. You should probably capitalize your name, Valrus, when you sign your posts. Your username is capitalized.
Is that enough grammar police?
"Sorry, Couldn't help it" isn't a sentance either ksuther.
And maybe you should have said that you were saving that picture for a time when it would be useful here, instead of "for when it's useful here".
Oh yes, one more thing. You should probably capitalize your name, Valrus, when you sign your posts. Your username is capitalized.
Is that enough grammar police?
Valrus
Now With Even More Dumb!
You brought down the thunder, googolplex.
While we're at it, I don't think is a proper punctuation mark either. Moving on though...
That was an imperative statement, not a full-fledged sentence. As such, it was as legitimate as, for example, "Piss off, gplex!"
Also, "don't" should have an apostrophe in it.
That sentence was redundant, too. You could have said "Valrus, 'High five, ksuther!' is a sentence fragment."
Oh, and, of course, it's "sentence," not "sentance."
The period goes inside the quotation marks.
By the same reasoning, I think, your username should be capitalized, since you're using it as a proper noun. I think that with this one we can both get away with calling it "artistic license," à la e.e. cummings.
Yes, I think it is.
-the valrus
p.s. Tell me if I'm being too much of a pompous ass and I'll stop.
While we're at it, I don't think
is a proper punctuation mark either. Moving on though...That was an imperative statement, not a full-fledged sentence. As such, it was as legitimate as, for example, "Piss off, gplex!"
Also, "don't" should have an apostrophe in it.
That sentence was redundant, too. You could have said "Valrus, 'High five, ksuther!' is a sentence fragment."
Oh, and, of course, it's "sentence," not "sentance."
The period goes inside the quotation marks.
By the same reasoning, I think, your username should be capitalized, since you're using it as a proper noun. I think that with this one we can both get away with calling it "artistic license," à la e.e. cummings.
Yes, I think it is.
-the valrus
p.s. Tell me if I'm being too much of a pompous ass and I'll stop.
nkuvu
Gone
I've had long disputes about this with English teachers and other grammar police. It's getting to be more and more accepted to use the period outside the quotes. The trend is mainly due to computer usage.
For example, if you are giving instructions on directory listings, it is more precise to write
than the potentially confusing
Note that the second "proper" form leads one to believe that the command to be entered includes a . at the end, which is incorrect and will cause an error.
I almost never use the . inside the quotes, since a lot of my writing is technical writing, and I'd hate to be confusing someone...
Not that this is important or anything...
simX
Unofficial Mac Genius
I learned more English grammar in French class and Italian class than I ever did in a regular English class. Figures.
How I love Italian, though. There are not nearly as many exceptions (though there still are many), and it's really nice to be able to leave off the subject in any sentence.
By the way, I'd just like to point out then when you use quotes with normal conversation, the period always goes inside the quote, no matter if it's becoming more accepted to put it outside the quote in the case of giving Terminal commands.
Figures.How I love Italian, though. There are not nearly as many exceptions (though there still are many), and it's really nice to be able to leave off the subject in any sentence.
By the way, I'd just like to point out then when you use quotes with normal conversation, the period always goes inside the quote, no matter if it's becoming more accepted to put it outside the quote in the case of giving Terminal commands.
Hypernate
McGeek
SimX, I think you've come across one of the oddities one learns in school. English class teachers you jack-all about grammar! I only learned proper English grammer in my French and German classes, which can be unfortunate when I capitalize ALL nouns when I'm writing in english. C'est la vie. Das macht alles.
Paragon
Interstellar traveler
Where I come from (Denmark) you always use the punctuation outside the quote. Why would this be any different in english. In fact I just looked it up in the "Oxford advanced learner's dictionary", and it says that unless you end the quote with a "?" or "!" you put the punctuation mark outside the quote.
As to why, it is probably because English is not Danish, and the orthography rules for punctuation differ.
As to Oxford Dictionary vs. Chicago Manual of Style, it is probably because UK English is not US English, and the orthography rules for punctuation differ.
Should I keep picking the nit?