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Conventionally, yes to both questions. The comma after me is NOT required.
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Yes
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I would replace the last bit with: is often not true.
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The old adage "Sticks and stones...~" is how I'd do it. the first S is capitalised because it's the start of a quotation. The comma is wrong.
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I would say the comma after me is required to make the necessary pause.
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I agree with mike, that last clause reads awkwardly at the moment - I'd say "~may comfort children, but is often untrue."
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Yep, you don't need either comma, not after adage nor after me.
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On reflection I agree with Mike re comma after me, but it should be after the closing quotation marks I believe.
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The old adage "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" may comfort children, but is often untrue.
That's how I'd write it.
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There shouldn`t be a comma after "bones"
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I think there should, the comma is separating the two clauses in the quotation.
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But is a "joining word" (like "and) so you don`t need a comma.
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True, but there are two schools of thought as to whether I should have put the comma after "true" in this sentence. It reads better to me.
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It reads better but there is school of thought that would say you don`t start a sentence with "true". You would start it with "That is true " and then the "but" would flow without the need for a comma.
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I'm in two minds about the comma and the "but".
Yes, "but" is a "joining word" ... a conjunction.
In this context, it's a "co-ordinating conjunction" (joining two parts of the sentence of equal importance), and cc's are often prededed by a comma.
eg. "We could discuss grammar now, BUT perhaps it can wait until morning."
(as distinct from sub-ordinating conjunctions which link a main clause and a sub-ordinate clause ...
eg. "I am tired BECAUSE I spend so much time on AB"
... where, I agree, the comma should be left out.
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I agree (and that was me posting ^^, I forgot to log nibble out) - just to say "true" is conversational, which is not always grammatically correct.
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Question Author
Thanks, I think I'll go with Nibble's advice. Much love!
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And, before anyone says it, I know that conjunctions can also be correlative and compound.
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I like the way jj puts it :-)
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I like the way Boxy puts it.
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When I was bullied on a daily basis at school, the words always hurt worse. I got over the physical stuff, I've never got over the cruel words.
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