Many years ago I came across these puzzles, which are still fun. Apparently absurd, after you crack them, they are both easy to remember and make complete sense. So try your hand at punctuating these:
1. It was but I said not and
2. That that is is that that is not is not that is it is it not that it is
Punctuate these.
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Good thing I'm not in a combative mood, as "Punctuate This" could be taken amiss.
I admit I cheated and looked up #2 and got the answer, so I won't post it, but #1 eludes me still. How doth one end a sentence with an "and"? Or is there an ellipsis there that I just don't get?
I admit I cheated and looked up #2 and got the answer, so I won't post it, but #1 eludes me still. How doth one end a sentence with an "and"? Or is there an ellipsis there that I just don't get?
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Slava, it will make as good a sense as the other one. I plan to post the answers in a week, if no one gets it. Thanks for not cheating. It's fun to wrestle with it, and once I got the answer, I've never forgotten it. You porbably won't either.
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I see the solution. It involves both single and double quotation marks. Now the outstanding questions are
Where do the commas go?
Are we to use British or U.S. style punctuation?
Where do the commas go?
Are we to use British or U.S. style punctuation?
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"It was 'but'", I said, "Not 'and'."
Just try PUNCTUATING this toggling three keyboards on a Kindle that is determined to typo a person TO DEATH.
Mark needs-a-new-battery/stylus/brain Bailey
Just try PUNCTUATING this toggling three keyboards on a Kindle that is determined to typo a person TO DEATH.
Mark needs-a-new-battery/stylus/brain Bailey
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You got it, but I would write it a bit differently.
It was "but," I said, not "and."
Now what can you do with the other one. No quotes in that one. Periods and commas, or you can put an exclamation point at the end, and prob a question mark a little before the end.
It was "but," I said, not "and."
Now what can you do with the other one. No quotes in that one. Periods and commas, or you can put an exclamation point at the end, and prob a question mark a little before the end.
pl
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Mr. Bailey prefers British punctuation while Mr. Lassiter prefers the US style. Note the differences in where these gentlemen place the first comma and the period.
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I like Pl's punctuation better. The one i use is so much more cumbersome.
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