I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it isThings2do 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.dxu46 wrote:Please don't do this,Things2do wrote:
and I mean on any thread. There's no purpose to these posts, and they just waste space.
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Yes, it's "readable." However, the corrections make it even more so. Besides, how do you know how easily I can fix it?UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.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.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.
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Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?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?UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.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.
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When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?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?UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: I think how easily you can fix it shows how readable it is.
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"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/Tailsfan101 wrote:When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?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?
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citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right thereThings2do wrote:"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/Tailsfan101 wrote:When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote: Putting punctuation outside quotation marks is more logical, no (unless it's included in the quote)?
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I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...dxu46 wrote:citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right thereThings2do wrote:"Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/Tailsfan101 wrote: When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
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You forget that I said "more logical".Things2do wrote:I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...dxu46 wrote:citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right thereThings2do wrote: "Commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks." - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks/
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I was referring to correctness, not logicality... Besides, that was also aimed at Tails' comment about erroneous grammar:UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:You forget that I said "more logical."Things2do wrote:I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...dxu46 wrote: citing grammarly, that's a true scholar right there
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If we're talking about correctness, we should start at the basics....Things2do wrote:I was referring to correctness, not logicality.... Besides, that was also aimed at Tails's comment about erroneous grammar:UTF-8 U+6211 U+662F wrote:You forget that I said "more logical."Things2do wrote: I only used it for the direct quote. I listed a book, which I own, for the actual reference...Tailsfan101 wrote: When Things2do gets caught making a grammatical error...
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