Tuesday, February 08, 2005
A Cry For Common Sense
First, there is some prerequisite knowledge that you must know in order for this to make sense.
When quoting something at the end of a sentance, according to The People Who Make The Grammar Rules, the punctuation should be included inside the quotation mark.
For example.
I was speaking to Jim the other day, and he said "Nathan, I really love your website."
The same thing is true with exclamations and questions.
I was speaking to Jim the other day, and he asked me "Nathan, do you love my website?"
Now the problem with this rule is that the following is also correct
Did Jim tell me yesterday, "Nathan I love your website?"
Jim is not asking the blasted question people. But the PWMTGR have decided somewhere along the line that Jim should be forced to deal with the question mark, even though it isnt him. So now Jim is going around sounding like an idiot, asking people how he feels about things.
I think we should start a revolution. Help me, and especially Jim and people like him. Rebel grammatically. Write--Did Jim tell me yesterday "Nathan, I love your website!"? Put the question mark outside of the quotations.
Live on the wild side.
First, there is some prerequisite knowledge that you must know in order for this to make sense.
When quoting something at the end of a sentance, according to The People Who Make The Grammar Rules, the punctuation should be included inside the quotation mark.
For example.
I was speaking to Jim the other day, and he said "Nathan, I really love your website."
The same thing is true with exclamations and questions.
I was speaking to Jim the other day, and he asked me "Nathan, do you love my website?"
Now the problem with this rule is that the following is also correct
Did Jim tell me yesterday, "Nathan I love your website?"
Jim is not asking the blasted question people. But the PWMTGR have decided somewhere along the line that Jim should be forced to deal with the question mark, even though it isnt him. So now Jim is going around sounding like an idiot, asking people how he feels about things.
I think we should start a revolution. Help me, and especially Jim and people like him. Rebel grammatically. Write--Did Jim tell me yesterday "Nathan, I love your website!"? Put the question mark outside of the quotations.
Live on the wild side.
