Friday, January 27, 2006
Numbers game.
As explained before, editors should remember to end sentences and phrases with different kinds of markings. But also remember not to over mark the sentence.
Picture with too many markings
It should be changed to this one.
Some formats that I know of:
... <-- always comes in 3, I have no idea why. But most people use this. ?! or !?! is good. ! <-- always 1. Never !! or !!!! ? <-- always 1. Same rule its not ?? or ???
When you have "-" you don't usually follow it up with "..."
You either choose a "-" or "..." but never both.
Also the "-" is usually never placed in front of the sentence.
Also notice that almost all the sentence ended with a "..." kinda feel it out if there's too many "..." and change it to either a comma "," or a period. "." So that it doesn't look like a run on sentence.
Picture with too many markings
It should be changed to this one.
Some formats that I know of:
... <-- always comes in 3, I have no idea why. But most people use this. ?! or !?! is good. ! <-- always 1. Never !! or !!!! ? <-- always 1. Same rule its not ?? or ???
When you have "-" you don't usually follow it up with "..."
You either choose a "-" or "..." but never both.
Also the "-" is usually never placed in front of the sentence.
Also notice that almost all the sentence ended with a "..." kinda feel it out if there's too many "..." and change it to either a comma "," or a period. "." So that it doesn't look like a run on sentence.
# posted by Kaila : 2:31 PM
