Punctuation

[Mal McLean]

Thanks Robyn. Glad you liked it.

Mal

[Stephen Whiteside]

I would treat these as two sentences, and put a full stop in the middle.

[Mal McLean]

Yes Stephen. But should you have put a comma in the middle of that sentence? Me thinks you were having a little secret joke.

I would treat these as two sentences, and put a full stop in the middle.

[Bob Pacey]

If it is the same judge as in past years Mal I would not place to much faith in the critique. You would better to show it to Glenny after the comp, would be more value for money.




Bob

[Terry]

I reckon judges are like the rest of us and some have different views to others, some appear quite strict while others may appear more lenient.
I suspect though if you have an outstanding poem and the punctuation is reasonable, your poem will usually be rewarded.

Terry

[Stephen Whiteside]

I'm going to do some shopping today. I'm not sure what I will do tomorrow.

These are both complete sentences, complete with subject, verb and object.

[Peely]

True Stephen, that approach is fine with the two clauses too. Because both clauses are related by what the person is doing, they can be linked by a comma or semi-colon. It is a legitimate single sentence answer to the question, "What are you doing today and tomorrow?"

The other option is to link the two with the word 'and' - the comma or the semi-colon are appropriate substitutions for 'and' in this case. As Mal has called it, a listing comma.

[Stephen Whiteside]

Yes, fair enough.

[Maureen K Clifford]

I was going to do some shopping today as well Stephen but I didn't, now I know what I am doing tomorrow

[Zondrae]

on the other hand, John,

These could be two short sentences. Regarding judges, we fall back to the old - that judge on that day. We will never be able to please all the judges, all the time.