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haresfur wrote: I would because, would you want to work for Scott anyone who doesn't use them?
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haresfur
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Feb 8, 2015 - 6:44pm |
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K_Love wrote:When creating a résumé (for a technology-related position), should one use the Oxford comma?
I would because, would you want to work for Scott anyone who doesn't use them?
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ScottFromWyoming
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Feb 8, 2015 - 6:38pm |
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K_Love wrote:When creating a résumé (for a technology-related position), should one use the Oxford comma?
I've come around to the position that it doesn't hurt. I don't like it, think it introduces weird pauses, but if your writing is sloppy enough to need it, or some other circumstance requires one, then you need to be consistent and use it always.
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K_Love
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Feb 8, 2015 - 6:13pm |
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When creating a résumé (for a technology-related position), should one use the Oxford comma?
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Coaxial
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Feb 5, 2015 - 8:29pm |
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edieraye wrote:Thanks but I'm looking for possessive not plural. How are you neighbor? Yeah, sorry, my bad. Should have paid more attention to what I was posting. Doing the best I can, thanks. Good to e-see you. Hope you are well.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Feb 5, 2015 - 8:19pm |
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Coaxial wrote: That's to make it plural. Just a plain apostrophe after the Z to show ownership.
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Coaxial
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ScottFromWyoming
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Nov 18, 2013 - 8:51pm |
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Alexandra wrote: Dude wait..........what? Hey, it's your book.
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Alexandra
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Nov 18, 2013 - 7:53pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:- Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, but instead just took a drink of beer.
Dude wait..........what?
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Nov 18, 2013 - 7:48pm |
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Alexandra wrote:I've sent this out on FB too, so wherever the answer comes in first..... I'm seeing an inconsistency with this ellipse situation in my book, and need to know which is correct: “And did you notice that…” Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, “…the conversations (should there be a comma after "hour" or not?) Comma after "hour" or no comma? Or is it a damn period? My brain has gone blank. Oh, thank the gods you put the red in because I was totally lost, trying to decipher what you'd originally posted (and quoted in others' replies.) Well, no, I still don't like it. For nuances like these, please give the complete sentence all the way through to the period, because it affects the way my brain processes the structure. I suck at diagramming sentences. Here, I'll try to finish it: And did you notice that…” Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, “…the conversations always turn to beer?
You have it correct, but: the comma after hour has nothing to do with the ellipsis or the quote—it's closing a parenthetical. You would have a comma there no matter what. - Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, but instead just took a drink of beer.
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OlderThanDirt
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Nov 18, 2013 - 7:44pm |
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Alexandra wrote: Aw Jeebus, OTD, I am learning that one must throw out a lot of what they learned in high school these days. Again, people are bending rules right and left (especially in journalism and now fiction). It's confusing!
Yep. Those rules often have to be bent or at least tweaked a little to get the feel of real people talking. Imagine how stuffy your characters would sound if all their lines had to be filtered through a grammar book. That's why literary license was invented, right?
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Alexandra
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Nov 18, 2013 - 7:37pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:You may be right. All I know about ellipses is what I remember from one of Scott's posts a while ago. I must have missed that day in high school (which was over half a century ago). Aw Jeebus, OTD, I am learning that one must throw out a lot of what they learned in high school these days. Again, people are bending rules right and left (especially in journalism and now fiction). It's confusing!
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OlderThanDirt
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Nov 18, 2013 - 7:32pm |
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Alexandra wrote: I visited some writer forums. The first ellipse is okay without any punctuation. There are no hard, fast rules about it (that, and the fiction world are brazenly setting their own rules with certain things these days, if you've ever read Cormack McCarthy...) I do believe, however, that the comma SHOULD be there after the second one. Or even a period is acceptable.
You may be right. All I know about ellipses is what I remember from one of Scott's posts a while ago. I must have missed that day in high school (which was over half a century ago).
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Alexandra
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Nov 18, 2013 - 6:57pm |
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OlderThanDirt wrote:Where's SFW? I would say space before and after the first ellipse, no comma after "hour," but space before and after the second ellipse. I visited some writer forums. The first ellipse is okay without any punctuation. There are no hard, fast rules about it (that, and the fiction world are brazenly setting their own rules with certain things these days, if you've ever read Cormack McCarthy...) I do believe, however, that the comma SHOULD be there after the second one. Or even a period is acceptable.
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OlderThanDirt
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Nov 18, 2013 - 6:49pm |
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Alexandra wrote:I've sent this out on FB too, so wherever the answer comes in first..... I'm seeing an inconsistency with this ellipse situation in my book, and need to know which is correct: “And did you notice that…” Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, “…the conversations (should there be a comma after "hour" or not?) Comma after "hour" or no comma? Or is it a damn period? My brain has gone blank. Where's SFW? I would say space before and after the first ellipse, no comma after "hour," but space before and after the second ellipse.
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katzendogs
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Nov 18, 2013 - 5:28pm |
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Alexandra wrote: I've sent this out on FB too, so wherever the answer comes in first..... I'm seeing an inconsistency with this ellipse situation in my book, and need to know which is correct: “And did you notice that…” Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour , “…t he conversations (should there be a comma after "hour" or not?) Comma after "hour" or no comma? Or is it a damn period? My brain has gone blank. Chlorinated Steam - band name.
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Alexandra
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Nov 18, 2013 - 5:09pm |
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I've sent this out on FB too, so wherever the answer comes in first..... I'm seeing an inconsistency with this ellipse situation in my book, and need to know which is correct: “And did you notice that…” Mira squinted through the chlorinated steam, trying to verbalize what she’d been marveling over for the last hour, “…the conversations (should there be a comma after "hour" or not?) Comma after "hour" or no comma? Or is it a damn period? My brain has gone blank.
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OlderThanDirt
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May 22, 2013 - 9:32pm |
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JCF wrote:It's 12:02 am here in Gods country,so I'll wish you all a good night,especialy Older Than Dirt,who is a very fine and caring gentleman carpe diem my friend. Good to see you, John.
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JCF
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May 22, 2013 - 9:14pm |
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It's 12:02 am here in Gods country,so I'll wish you all a good night,especialy Older Than Dirt,who is a very fine and caring gentleman carpe diem my friend.
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OlderThanDirt
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May 22, 2013 - 9:04pm |
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gypsyman wrote:
he is not my dog
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