Timeline for Is using a comma between this list of quoted text awkward/incorrect? Please help!
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| Aug 6, 2015 at 23:58 | comment | added | ewormuth | I would leave out the question marks. It's clear that those are questions. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 8:22 | answer | added | Sven Yargs | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 7, 2015 at 2:56 | comment | added | user112771 | Thank you Kris. One last question (if anyone can help), is it fine to use a question mark and then a colon when listing quoted pieces of text? Like this -> For example, "Thanks for asking, is it fine if I quickly check with my supervisor?"; "I'd love to help you, do you mind waiting for a few minutes?"; "I'll be there with you soon, thank you for waiting." | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 14:31 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | @RobinWilliams: My statement was not about the grammatical correctness of two spaces. His statement was also not about the grammatical correctness of two spaces. Our statements were about the readability. I was pointing out that it is an invalid argument to claim that it is more readable when nobody has any trouble reading sentences written on the internet. (Except maybe you, who has failed to read and interpret my original comment correctly.) | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 12:53 | comment | added | Robin Williams | @IanMacDonald: The browser isn't necessarily condensing two spaces into one because it's grammatically correct, it's doing it because browsers condense whitespace, which includes newlines. So without the correct markup (P tags), the browser would render all text as a contiguous block. You can see this by editing the source of an HTML page using the Chrome tools for example. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 11:59 | comment | added | Kris | "is this correct?" Yes, just that some may prefer the semicolon inside the quote, though that's another matter of style. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 8:54 | comment | added | user112771 | So is this correct Edwin? -> "'Thanks for asking, but I'm a bit busy at the moment"; "I'd love to help you, just give me a few minutes and I will be there to help you"; "I'll be there with you soon, thank you for waiting.'" | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 8:46 | history | rollback | Edwin Ashworth |
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 8:45 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 8:44 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The sentences themselves need tidying. Before but, use a comma (or in this case, as 'the fact is that' is implied, a dash or full stop). The other two examples need at least a semicolon. // I'd list these as bullet points. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 7:50 | comment | added | user112771 | Thanks Kris ... so would that then sound like "'Thanks for asking, but I'm a bit busy at the moment"; "I'd love to help you, just give me a few minutes and I will be there to help you"; "I'll be there with you soon, thank you for waiting.'"? | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 7:30 | comment | added | Kris | Do not terminate individual example sentences with a period, use a semicolon instead. That will serve to both conclude the quoted sentences and splice the overall sentence. HTH. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 5:44 | comment | added | user112771 | So it would look something like this? -> For example, you might choose to say: "Thanks for asking, but I'm a bit busy at the moment."; "I'd love to help you, just give me a few minutes and I will be there to help you."; "I'll be there with you soon, thank you for waiting." Strange, I was taught that double spacing is the way to go. I also read many books that seem to use double spacing. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 5:37 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | You probably want to separate them with semi-colons as it is a list of complete sentences. Also, never use two spaces in a row. If you don't believe me that two spaces are unnecessary, read virtually any website. Your browser is automatically compressing every run of spaces into a single space. Even your post, presumably containing numerous double-spaces, is rendered with only single-spaces. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 5:32 | history | edited | user112771 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2015 at 5:25 | history | asked | user112771 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |