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I do not feel much like partying right now, but I will sit and watch a spell.
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Chicago Cubs baseball game. After 7 inning the Cubs are down 5 to 4. Rally time Cubbies!
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Lives down the street from Al Franken and calls him uncle Franken.
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This thread is going much better than I thought it would. I was concerned about people taking it too far. I was wrong. (so far) I will try one.
What do you call a man with no arms or legs shoved at the top of a hill?
Roland
What do you call a man with no arms or legs shoved at the top of a hill?
Roland
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Giggled light
Into the night
No more to run
Going to have fun
Even in the game
Red hair aflame
8 all through the day
6 my belly got I say
Into the night
No more to run
Going to have fun
Even in the game
Red hair aflame
8 all through the day
6 my belly got I say
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Sometimes people have multiple accounts here on Stories Space (Gasp! Yes it happens.) and if they decide to leave and delete all the accounts that is what can happens. Several votes will disappear at once, assuming they voted with the multiple accounts.
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I am not 100% sure, but I believe if you delete your account, your votes go away. If you only deactivate your account, your votes remain. I will check with the senior staff and see if that is right.
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This weekend coming up, I want to spend it with friends and see a movie coming out entitled 'The Age of Adaline.' It is about a young woman, born at the turn of 20th century, who is rendered ageless after an accident. After years of a solitary life, she meets a man who might be worth losing her immortality for. It stars Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford (one of my favorites), and Kathy Baker.
Remember in two weeks 'Avengers; The Age of Ultron' is released. (1 May)
Remember in two weeks 'Avengers; The Age of Ultron' is released. (1 May)
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I am watching a TV series I had heard about, but never seen, Game of Thrones. I have read the books, but do not have regular TV services, so I have bought them on DVD. WOW!
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I found a old photo of one of the earliest Hollywood sex symbols, Leslie Brooks.
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Quote by magnificent1rascal
Attribution that interrupts a dialogue sentence is treated as a non-essential clause, and so is set off by commas.
Thank you Maggie. That cleared it up for me.
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banned for not smoking a corn cob pipe
Damn it! The doctor made me quit. I told him it would cause me trouble.
Banned because at the bottom of all her posts she spelled dog backwards.
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Quote by magnificent1rascal
The correct punctuation of your examples is as follows:
"Where is it?" he asked excitedly. (The pronoun remains lowercase after a question mark or exclamation mark because the dialogue tag is part of the same sentence. You could use a comma instead of the question mark.)
"It's about time," he exclaimed giddily. (The comma goes inside the quotation marks.)
and
"It's about time," he said giddily, "that we head out." (This was spot on.)
I don't claim to be an expert on many things, but punctuation is one subject I've mastered.
I trust you on this, you do have much more experience than I. Could you explain why you would have a comma after the word time in the last example? If you moved the tag to the front or the back of the dialog , the dialog would not have a comma in it. ("It's about time that we head out," he said giddily.) Why would the comma be their? Is it because of the tag breaking the dialog sentence? Just trying to learn more.
Well folks the grammar police have me now.
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I believe in your first situation; "Where is it?" He asked excitedly. The question mark is inside the quotation marks because the dialog is a question.
In the second situation it should be like this; "It's about time." He exclaimed giddily. If you reversed how it was expressed you would use a comma, like this; He exclaimed giddily, "It's about time."
I am not an expert, but I do it this way and the grammar police have not thrown me in jail yet.
In the second situation it should be like this; "It's about time." He exclaimed giddily. If you reversed how it was expressed you would use a comma, like this; He exclaimed giddily, "It's about time."
I am not an expert, but I do it this way and the grammar police have not thrown me in jail yet.
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My wife
At what age do you think you were or are going to be the happiest?
At what age do you think you were or are going to be the happiest?
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To wear or to feel? I will pick silk and lace and just leave it at that.
For a celebrations with your significant other do you prefer a night on the town or quiet time at home.
For a celebrations with your significant other do you prefer a night on the town or quiet time at home.