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punctuation check
I have been asked to check punctuation on this sentence
Today’s waste,
Tomorrows’s futureHow do I check if it is correct?…ive had the customer question it and say that there should not be a comma after the waste..now surely this is down to customer preference or is there a correct correct way…
geezz
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12 Replies
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Personally I would say that what you’ve written there is correct. The problem is that lots of people dont know grammer an that. I have had this issue before and I just did a search for ‘correct usage of commas’ or something like that and I found lots of long and boring documents on the subject.
Have fun!
John
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Hi Cheryl,
It is down to your customer at the end of the day however I would say that as a comma can be used to ‘take a breath’, where it is placed is absolutely fine. By placing it there, it separates the two clauses and puts an emphasis on the reader to think about the saying and distinguish between the two of them.
Also, not sure whether it was a typo but it should read:
Today’s waste,
Tomorrow’s futureas ‘tomorrow’ is a singular noun.
Hope this helps.
James
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Not sure that tomorrow should have a cap T. I think that you could use a semi colon instead of the comma although not entirely sure about that.
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I sent him an email back:
You could go as far as using an equals sign ‘Today’s waste = Tomorrow’s future"
or keep it as ‘Today’s waste, tomorrows future. ‘ which reads better than’ Today’s waste tomorrow’s future’
There are no hard and fast rules in the insertion of a comma after the waste or not. It is personal preference in this case.
As a statement ‘Today’s waste. Tomorrow’s future’ is also correct.
To use ‘Today’s wastes are tomorrow’s resources’ is also an option.He chose
TODAY’S WASTE
TOMORROWS’S FUTUREwhat we did no did it not.
Cheryl
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quote John Dorling:I found lots of long and boring documents on the subject.
Have fun!
John
you were not joking John…baffled with how much the comma has written about it and its use … 🙄 🙄
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quote Cheryl Smith:I sent him an email back:….He chose
TODAY’S WASTE
TOMORROWS’S FUTUREwhat we did no did it not.
Cheryl
Mad, daft…I dunno! Reads as "Tomorrows is"
s’s should never really occur in the English language except for proper names.
To make it a possessive (belongs to tomorrow) – tomorrow’s
To make a contraction (tomorrow is) – tomorrow’s
To make a plural (multiple tomorrows) – tomorrows
To make a plural possessive (belongs to multiple tomorrows) – tomorrows’
Proper names ending in an s – preferable to add ‘s eg. Mr James’s door although you can use Mr James’ door.
S’pose those English lessons come in handy for something!
Dave 😉
Oh, regarding the comma. Yes, use it to denote the pause although a semi-colon will work equally as well…as will ellipsis ‘…’ to show a pause or missing word – and don’t forget the ‘-‘ em dash.
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I have to admit I missed the s’s on tomorrows’s. In future ignore my advice!
John
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quote DavidRogers:Mad, daft…I dunno! Reads as “Tomorrows is”
s’s should never really occur in the English language except for proper names.
To make it a possessive (belongs to tomorrow) – tomorrow’s
To make a contraction (tomorrow is) – tomorrow’s
To make a plural (multiple tomorrows) – tomorrows
To make a plural possessive (belongs to multiple tomorrows) – tomorrows’
Proper names ending in an s – preferable to add ‘s eg. Mr James’s door although you can use Mr James’ door.
S’pose those English lessons come in handy for something!
Dave 😉
Oh, regarding the comma. Yes, use it to denote the pause although a semi-colon will work equally as well…as will ellipsis ‘…’ to show a pause or missing word – and don’t forget the ‘-‘ em dash.
Eloquently summarised – I do love the greengrocer’s apostrophe! 🙂
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you only have to google tomorrows to see all the tomorrow’s…..???
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Am losing the will to make it to tomorrow! 😀
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quote Harry Cleary:Am losing the will to make it to tomorrow! 😀
:sleep: soopid ain it
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quote Cheryl Smith:quote Harry Cleary:Am losing the will to make it to tomorrow! 😀
:sleep: soopid ain it
Sertainly is! 😀
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