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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: punctuation |
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Why would that be a problem, he doesn't speak Spanish?
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Why would that be a problem? He doesn't speak Spanish?
Which one has the rigth punctuation?
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ad-miral

Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 1488
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:55 am Post subject: |
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If it was me, I would have said: Why would it be a problem, that he doesn't speak Spanish?
Because if you say the sentence like you wrote the listener would not understand the connection between the two sentences. _________________ If I say "I love you" to someone, then I also have to say "I also love everyone else inside you, I love the whole world because of you, I also love myself inside you." -- Erich Fromm, the Art of Love
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 2111 Location: New Jersey, US
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I think puncuation is tricky in this sentence because it is a sentence that is almost certainly spoken, while quite unlikely to be written (except as dialog).
I think I'd probably write it as:
Why would that be a problem - he doesn't speak Spanish? |
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redset
Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 582 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with bud, and your last sentence works fine too. |
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