― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Ahem!!
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Granted, I'm routinely editing ad copy and fluffy happy talk, so if points of punctuation this subtle ever come up, I know the sentence is in trouble anyway.
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:10 (seventeen years ago) link
por ejemplo:
VI Congreso Internacional Galdosiano, 1997 ǂh [electronic resource] / ǂc edición de Yolanda Arencibia, María del Prado Escobar, Rosa María Quintana.
― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Correctly on either side of the Atlantic, I might add!
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Then again, I've never seen UCP style, so for all I know, it could capitalize random nouns like in German.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:15 (seventeen years ago) link
For what it's worth, the copy of the manual I have at my desk, which I believe is two iterations out of date, is 801 pages not counting appendicies.
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:31 (seventeen years ago) link
I think this is the idea. Because if it's followed by the word "building," then it's supposed to be lowercase. But I'd find it a lot easier to swallow if the whole phrase was capitalized, like "the Nebraska State Capitol" (cf. "the White House").
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 22:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link
John and I are lying in bed. Jenny is sitting across the room, crocheting. John asks me, "Am I beautiful?" I sodomize his face.
Later I go to Jenny and want to know if John asked the question with the words Am, I and beautiful.
Is this the following correct?Hey Jenny, did he ask "Am I beautiful?"
Also, would you say Peter, Paul and Mary or Peter, Paul, and Mary? I vascillate between the two. I have no preference, but usually include the 2nd comma just to be consistent with myself.
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Or perhaps| I think that indicates a finality that a period does not|
How's about those crazy French with their
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:07 (seventeen years ago) link
how about those french and their >
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I have been trying to post forever that I did not mean to suggest that your posts are in any way skimmable, Mr. Dan.
I know, I was just being self-deprecating. It's my way.
We are going to see Idiocracy tonight at 9:30 at the City North 14 at Western/Schubert if anyone is interested.
― daniel striped tiger (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link
those french and their < < quotation marks > >
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link
There are entire threads on ILX about serial commas. I vastly prefer them.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:30 (seventeen years ago) link
What is this about thirsting on Thursdays?
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Pig on the Stairs (hanging in a groovy purple shirt) (unclejessjess), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link
Jesse: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22perverted+commas%22+joyce&btnG=Google+Search
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link