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Old 11-26-2009, 07:08 AM
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Whistle Proper use of punctuation with smilies

If you end a sentence with a smilie, should the punctuation mark be before or after the smilie?

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Old 11-26-2009, 09:39 AM
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Well, I guess it depends upon whether you are talking about a simile or a smilie.

Is this a trick question designed to see of we are paying attention?. Will we be scored on the answers we provide?

A simile....As agile as a monkey
As alike as two peas in a pod
As annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard.
As bald as a baby's backside
As big as a boat
As big as a bus

requires no punctuation to my knowledge

A smilie in my opinion, should have the punctuation before it as it is a symbol as opposed to a letter??? .

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Old 11-26-2009, 12:29 PM
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you did axe about a similie.
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Well, I guess it depends upon whether you are talking about a simile or a smilie.

Is this a trick question designed to see of we are paying attention?. Will we be scored on the answers we provide?

A simile....As agile as a monkey
As alike as two peas in a pod
As annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard.
As bald as a baby's backside
As big as a boat
As big as a bus

requires no punctuation to my knowledge

A smilie in my opinion, should have the punctuation before it as it is a symbol as opposed to a letter??? .
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Old 11-26-2009, 12:31 PM
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you did axe about a similie.
Fixed. Smilies. It was 6 am And I was already up two hours.
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I use smilies instead of punctuation Not all the time though.
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Wherever I feel like using them: punctuation, smilies or similes...
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I do the smilie and then punctuation because I believe the expression completes the thought train that is in the sentence.
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