ChatterBank1 min ago
Grammar help?
84 Answers
Question 1.
Which is correct?
A - Despite saying this game is "not good".
B - Despite saying this game is "not good."
Question 2.
Do music genres have capital letters?
For example: House, Trance, Electro... etc
Question 3.
When writing, for example: House, Trance, Electro... etc << Is the 'etc' or 'Etc'?
Question 4.
Is there a name for the three full stops after a sentence? For example: House, Trance, Eletcro...
Question 5.
Do you use quotation marks out of these examples?
A - It was 'Jurassic Park;' [or for double quotation marks]
B - It was 'Jurassic Park:' [or for double quotation marks]
Question 6
What's the different between using (these) and [these]?
Which is correct?
A - Despite saying this game is "not good".
B - Despite saying this game is "not good."
Question 2.
Do music genres have capital letters?
For example: House, Trance, Electro... etc
Question 3.
When writing, for example: House, Trance, Electro... etc << Is the 'etc' or 'Etc'?
Question 4.
Is there a name for the three full stops after a sentence? For example: House, Trance, Eletcro...
Question 5.
Do you use quotation marks out of these examples?
A - It was 'Jurassic Park;' [or for double quotation marks]
B - It was 'Jurassic Park:' [or for double quotation marks]
Question 6
What's the different between using (these) and [these]?
Answers
1. A
2. I can't think of any reason why they should - cf rock, jazz, ragtime etc.
3. etc
4. Ellipsis
5. Consider the single or double quotes as part of the word they qualify, therefore keep the punctuation marks outside them.
6. Depends on context...
2. I can't think of any reason why they should - cf rock, jazz, ragtime etc.
3. etc
4. Ellipsis
6. Depends on context...
19:55 Sun 10th Jul 2011
5 - double quotation and if you have an example inside, say, a conversation, then that should be single quotations. The Americans are different on this....hence the confusion
6. Also, I thought that the same principle applied for the brackets....I may be wrong on that one, ( xx) first up, then [yyy(xxx)yyyy] fort second
6. Also, I thought that the same principle applied for the brackets....I may be wrong on that one, ( xx) first up, then [yyy(xxx)yyyy] fort second
Sorry, but I'm not too good at explaining things. I'll try again.
When naming films, albums, track tiltles, books or whatever, I always use quotations; for example:
The biggest film of all time is 'Avatar'; in 1993, it was 'Jurassic Park.'
Or the I use those use the quotation marks outside of 'Avatar', as follows...
The biggest film of all time is 'Avatar;' in 1993, it was 'Jurassic Park.'
When naming films, albums, track tiltles, books or whatever, I always use quotations; for example:
The biggest film of all time is 'Avatar'; in 1993, it was 'Jurassic Park.'
Or the I use those use the quotation marks outside of 'Avatar', as follows...
The biggest film of all time is 'Avatar;' in 1993, it was 'Jurassic Park.'