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Things2do wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
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Please don't do this,
and I mean on any thread. There's no purpose to these posts, and they just waste space.
There is a purpose to these posts. They help to provide for a more easily readable whatever-you're-reading, they show the writer what they need to work on to improve the readability of their writings, et cetera.
I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote:
dxu46 wrote: Please don't do this,
and I mean on any thread. There's no purpose to these posts, and they just waste space.
There is a purpose to these posts. They help to provide for a more easily readable whatever-you're-reading, they show the writer what they need to work on to improve the readability of their writings, et cetera.
I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.
Yes, it's "readable." However, the corrections make it even more so. Besides, how do you know how easily I can fix it?
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Things2do wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote: There is a purpose to these posts. They help to provide for a more easily readable whatever-you're-reading, they show the writer what they need to work on to improve the readability of their writings, et cetera.
I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.
Yes, it's "readable." However, the corrections make it even more so. Besides, how do you know how easily I can fix it?
Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.
Yes, it's "readable." However, the corrections make it even more so. Besides, how do you know how easily I can fix it?
Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?
When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
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Tailsfan101 wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote: Yes, it's "readable." However, the corrections make it even more so. Besides, how do you know how easily I can fix it?
Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?
When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
and
The New Webster's Grammar Guide
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Things2do wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?
When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
and
The New Webster's Grammar Guide
citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right there
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dxu46 wrote:
Things2do wrote:
Tailsfan101 wrote: When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
and
The New Webster's Grammar Guide
citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right there
I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...
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Things2do wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
Things2do wrote: "Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
and
The New Webster's Grammar Guide
citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right there
I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...
You forget that I said "more logical".
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UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote:
dxu46 wrote: citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right there
I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...
You forget that I said "more logical."
I was referring to correctness, not logicality... Besides, that was also aimed at Tails' comment about erroneous grammar:
Tailsfan101 wrote: When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
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Things2do wrote:
UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:
Things2do wrote: I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...
You forget that I said "more logical."
I was referring to correctness, not logicality.... Besides, that was also aimed at Tails's comment about erroneous grammar:
Tailsfan101 wrote: When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
If we're talking about correctness, we should start at the basics....
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