Question

IS THIS SENTENCE CORRECT?

Answer 1

any day now..

Answer 2

Leeland's son cries profoundly so Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner, decides to quiet," ... him down with a spoonful of beer" (743).

Answer 3

far from correct...

Answer 4

Should there be a comma before so?

Answer 5

Leeland's son cries profoundly. So, Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner, decides to quiet him down with a spoonful of beer.

Answer 6

I think thats the way @beccaboo333

Answer 7

still wrong.. haha

Answer 8

How can I rewrite it?

Answer 9

well for one it makes no sense at all

Answer 10

you have everything mixed up

Answer 11

How would you write it? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 12

Leeland's son cries profoundly. So Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner decides to "quiet him down with a spoonful of beer."

Answer 13

What about the in-text citation?

Answer 14

not all the commas are needed and the quotations weren't placed correctly.

Answer 15

you good now?

Answer 16

I just stuck on the in text citation now. Wouldnt it go before the period?

Answer 17

When i was in school i would be yelled at if i did ". because it was improper. you place the . before "

Answer 18

whenever you finish a sentense

Answer 19

sentence *

Answer 20

So would the correct sentence be: Leeland's son cries profoundly. So Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner decides to quiet "him down with a spoonful of beer." (743).

Answer 21

no

Answer 22

Leeland's son cries profoundly. So Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner decides to "quiet him down with a spoonful of beer."

Answer 23

so no in text?

Answer 24

you wouldnt " him down with a spoonful of beer." you'd "quiet him down with a spoonful of beer."

Answer 25

the way i wrote it is correct. stop complaining and questioning it.

Answer 26

Leeland's son cries profoundly. So Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner decides to "quiet him down with a spoonful of beer."

Answer 27

Thanks for your help.

Answer 28

your welcome

Answer 29

Breaking the two independent clauses is not proper because of the coordinating conjunction so. However, a comma is required. See: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/01/

Ellipses are only place at the start of a quote if the first letter of the quote is a capital, so remove those.

The comma after quite is incorrect because this is not that type of quote. You would use a comma there if it was like this: She said, "I am!" See: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/1/ for all sorts of comma rules.

The commas around in the most irresponsible manner are correct. It is a clause that needs this. See: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/

The . at the end depends on if this is a citation format. For example, in MLA format this is correct: beer" (743). See: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

Therefore, the corrected form should be:

Leeland's son cries profoundly, so Leeland, in the most irresponsible manner, decides to quiet "him down with a spoonful of beer" (743).

Unless it is using a different document style, then the citation may change.

Answer 30

Thank you so much, e.mccormick!! I am writing in MLA. You explination really helped me out. Thanks for the links to The Owl. They have great stuff!!

Answer 31

There is an irony that the OS Owl leads to the Purdue Owl so much of the time... hehe.

I really like the format of their writing lab. Like you said, it has a lot of good information. It is also well organized and easy to find the topics. They also have good examples that are usually short.