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nancy drew

So since I have a free pass for the grammar board game I need more information. So i can hatch an insidious plot with the help of an incorrigible monkey and some komodos from wibblandia.

One thing I don't like is having to put quotation marks around song titles. To me, capitalizing the title is good enough. So if I'm talking about The Eagles' song The New Kid In Town, I don't see why I need the quotation marks. Of course, I'm assuming the reader understands the difference between the group name and the song title, but I guess that's not always obvious.

compound complex

Greetings, Nancy and Rocketman!

Nancy:

I must consult with my confederates in order to determine what allowances we should make for a wreaker of havoc such as the likes of "that girl." You give her an inch and she thinks she's a ruler . . .

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rocketman:

I hear you! You're correct; however, you may find the following edifying or infuriating:

There is a trick to remembering how to treat titles, and it works well enough that you can commit most types of titles to memory.

It's the big and little trick.

Big things and things that can stand on their own, like books, are italicized. Little things that are dependent or that come as part of a group, like chapters, are put into quotation marks.

For example, a CD or album are major (big) works that can be divided into smaller parts, or songs. The song names (small part) are punctuated with quotation marks.

For example:

The Sweet Escape, by Gwen Stefani, includes the song "Wind It Up."

Underline any published collection, like a book of poetry. Put the individual entry, like a poem, in quotation marks. However: a long, epic poem that is often published on its own would be treated like a book. The Odyssey is one example.

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/mlastyle/a/titles.htm

Grateful for your input!

CoCo Punctilious

rocketman

Yes, I forgot to mention italics....interesting, CoCo...

nancy drew

punctuation rah rah rah

punctuation ha ha ha

an apostrophe apostasy

comas running after me

punctuation rah rah rah

punctuation ha ha ha

capitalizaiton has to stop

periods we have to mock

punctuation rah rah rah

punctuation ha ha ha

compound complex

There's more than one cheeky monkey on board!

"Have . . . a . . . good . . . day."

Co . . . Co

nancy drew

CHEEKY

Just keeping the drinks flowing and the party platters full at the punctuation party

nancy drew

Grammars back in full regalia

sometimes commas really fail ya

should we bring or should we take

I don't know for goodness sake

can punctuation be an itch

or is it something we should pitch

can punctuation make you scream

for some it's just a lovely dream

of sentences and scribble marks

but not for crazy grammar snarks

rip van winkle

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Nancy! I enjoyed your grammar poem

Boy, you really know how to sew 'em

The words you quilt are filled with love

You always reach for the stars above

I wish I had your lovely knack

Oh well, I'm gonna eat a snack

Sometimes I like a little snark

It warms the cockles of my bark.

I hope Co~Co comes out to play

Soon? Later? Maybe? Today?

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nancy drew

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