Grammar question....

xsedrinam · Aug 23, 2006

gallagb said:
yes, you use the coma.

I knew it had to happen, sooner or later.

skunk · Aug 23, 2006

xsedrinam said:
I knew it had to happen, sooner or later.

It's what comes of flogging a commatose horse.

IJ Reilly · Aug 23, 2006

skunk said:
It's what comes of flogging a commatose horse.

I had to asterisk.

xsedrinam · Aug 23, 2006

IJ Reilly said:
I had to asterisk.

It's a low punctuation.

IJ Reilly · Aug 23, 2006

xsedrinam said:
It's a low punctuation.

Maybe. At least hyphen half.

skunk · Aug 23, 2006

IJ Reilly said:
Maybe. At least hyphen half.

A parenthetic effort.

xsedrinam · Aug 23, 2006

skunk said:
A parenthetic effort.

That sounds vaguely familial.

Zwhaler · Aug 23, 2006

Comma. Easy as that.

Abstract · Aug 24, 2006

Verto said:
Fifty years ago, Joe Bruce was a youngster hiding behind a patch of cattails, chugging a plug across a pond on his grandmother's farm.

I thought about it too, but I didn't want to sound like a foo, so I didn't suggest it.

Thanks for doing it for me.

Me? No, no grammar police here. I'm a grammar victim. Someone help me!

IJ Reilly · Aug 24, 2006

skunk said:
A parenthetic effort.

I'd quote you on that, but I'm already an over quota.

w_parietti22 · Aug 24, 2006

A comma would be the correct usage because the rest of the sentece can live with out the "Fifty years ago".