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Hey,care to say something about this picture?

Posted - May 20, 2017

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  • 52905


    Yes: there should be a space after the comma and before the word "care".
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      May 20, 2017 11:42 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Randy.D it was you who pointed out to me earlier on not to keep space after a comma,but,if you insist I will space it,after all you invented a new punctuation mark,so I will do as AM grammarian demands~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      May 20, 2017 11:48 AM MDT
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  • 52905


    My friend, you are mistaken. I have never in my life stated in writing or aloud that any person at any time should ever or could ever omit the space after the comma. You may have me confused with someone else. 

    What did did occur in exchanges between you and I on AnswerBag was a discussion or two on the differences between accepted punctuation and other grammar rules in American English, British English, English use in India, etc.  If I recall correctly (and I'm not saying that I do), you wrote that the omission of the space was common in India.

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    This post was edited by Randy D at May 20, 2017 10:29 PM MDT
      May 20, 2017 11:58 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    True, but perhaps overkill---one location, one description.
      May 20, 2017 2:33 PM MDT
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  • 52905
    Huh?

    :|
      May 20, 2017 10:30 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    I was leaning way far over the rail and accusing you or redundancy (joking of course)---Yes: there should be a space after the comma and before the word "care"."  

    (Even I had to think to remember what I was trying to do there.)
      May 21, 2017 12:50 PM MDT
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  • 52905
    That's not redundant because it doesn't repeat the same information twice again in succession just after it had already been stated once the previous time before that just prior to the second or subsequent duplicative entry that had been made  in the first place. Besides that, it's not redundant unless it's already been said. 
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      May 21, 2017 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Redundant as in not necessary---Given the asker's question and the asker's use of a comma as punctuation, the only space appropriate is either after the comma or before the word "care."
      May 21, 2017 3:48 PM MDT
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  • 52905
    Ok. So how about if I were to change it to read:
    " . . . there should be a space between the comma and the word 'care'?
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      May 21, 2017 4:26 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Excellent.

    One of the reasons we both love grammar and syntax is because of the precision of thought that is possible when it is used well.

    Decrease the extension and one increases the comprehension.
      May 21, 2017 4:45 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Yes I can. "These pretzels are making me thirsty."
      May 20, 2017 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    yes, they need to play basketball somewhere else, they are hurting his head
      May 20, 2017 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    sick
      May 21, 2017 1:07 PM MDT
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  • "You won't find it on my hard drive."
      May 24, 2017 5:59 AM MDT
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