Cindyg Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) How would you punctuate these sentences? The point here is is that what you want What we're about to get to is don't be like him. The whole point of this book is I want to move you on to maturity. ------------ If you don't think they're very good sentences, that doesn't matter. I'm only transcribing, not composing. Thanks in advance. Edited August 22, 2016 by Cindyg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 How would you punctuate these sentences? The point here is: is that what you want? What we're about to get to is: don't be like him. The whole point of this book is: I want to move you on to maturity. ------------ If you don't think they're very good sentences, that doesn't matter. I'm only transcribing, not composing. Thanks in advance. I added colons, but they really need editing not punctuating. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 I added colons, but they really need editing not punctuating. Yeah. I can't rewrite them. I just have to work with what I have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Yeah. I can't rewrite them. I just have to work with what I have. Where'd these come from? Are they meant for punctuation practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 How would you punctuate these sentences? The point here is is that what you want What we're about to get to is don't be like him. The whole point of this book is I want to move you on to maturity. ------------ If you don't think they're very good sentences, that doesn't matter. I'm only transcribing, not composing. Thanks in advance. The point here is, is that what you want? What we're about to get to is: Don't be like him. The whole point of this book is: I want to move you on to maturity. Yeah, they're pretty bad sentences. It must be hard not to be able to fix them. :ack2: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyg Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Where'd these come from? Are they meant for punctuation practice? I have a transcription business. When people are talking, they are not as precise as when they are writing. I just have to do the best I can with punctuation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I have a transcription business. When people are talking, they are not as precise as when they are writing. I just have to do the best I can with punctuation. Ah, that makes sense. Spoken language is much more free flowing in general; we don't normally limit ourselves to nice tidy sentences :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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