Free discussions in english

[Anju]

Let's bring this topic back to life and see if I can make three correct sentences in a row. It's a tough challenge for me, but I will make it. I believe in myself.

Okay, that's three sentences.

[Zelink]

There’s a capital letter missing in the title.  Hint: my post.

[Guiiil]

Well, my flowers are beautiful!

[Anju]

Your flowers are NOT beautiful. 

[Duplucky]

Is Bryan still in the kitchen ? 

[Krystal]

Is Bryan still in the kitchen ? 

I'm sorry, but, by now, Brian must be dead. He never finished this sandwich.

[Guiiil]

Your flowers are NOT beautiful. 

My flowers ARE BEAUTIFUL!

[Anju]

Vos flowers sont TARTE

[Duplucky]

Is Bryan still in the kitchen ? 

I'm sorry, but, by now, Brian must be dead. He never finished this sandwich.

What did he put in his sandwich to die like that ? 

[D_Y]

@Duplucky There is no space before a question mark (actually before any ending punctuation) in English. Stop doing that mistake

Also I cannot make sense of my previous answers on this topic, so if anyone has any memory about that, that would be cool.

Besides, as an admin, I proclaim the MyLife to be entirely in English from now on, so you can migrate there if you want.

[Duplucky]

I don't know anymore. I learned at school some rules about the punctuation and after that, I learned that they were totally false because the rule was simply if a ponctuation mark is formed of two characters, it's mean that you have to put a space before and after this pinctuation mark.

So are you telling me this is wrong too ? So what's the real rules about punctuation ? I don't know, I will never know, I will become crazy, AAAAAARGH !!!!

[Cap]

I don't know anymore. I learned at school some rules about the punctuation and after that, I learned that they were totally false because the rule was simply if a ponctuation mark is formed of two characters, it's mean that you have to put a space before and after this pinctuation mark.

This is the case in French. But in English, there is no space in this case

[Sentinelle]

Most people in my class still put that extra space before the question mark. And I'm an english major.

[Anju]

I didn't know either, it's the first time I hear that. Maybe it's because this rule only apply to typed out text and not to manuscript text?

[D_Y]

@Duplucky I don't know where you've read/heard that, but it's quite easy to verify. Just open any book or article in English and check how the punctuation marks are done. There is no need to become crazy about such a simple rule.

@Sentinelle How do you know that? I've a Bachelor in English literature and I would be unable to say with certainty what were common mistakes among my fellow students The only thing I know is that Word or Grammarly, by default, consider the space before the punctuation mark as a mistake, and both highlight it. Since most students (afaik) write their essays with those, I would assume this mistake has become pretty unusual by now.