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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2004Punctuation Question - no child left behind
I was reading a bestseller recently and there was a question in the book. Could someone help with the answer. Here's the question... 1. Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: "George W. Bush is the President, who in God's name, will protect our children." a. The sentence is correct. b. "George W. Bush is the President who in God's name will protect our children." c."George W. Bush is the President. Who, in God's name, will protect our children?" d."George W. Bush is the President, Who, in God's name, will protect our children?!" >I was reading a bestseller recently and there was a question in the >book. Could someone help with the answer. Here's the question... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >d."George W. Bush is the President, Who, in God's name, >will protect our children?!" a. punctuation incorrect; commas in the wrong places. b. awkward at best; "in God's name" should be at the end, but it would still be awkward. c. sentence okay, if a bit theatrical. d. comma splice. Carter Jefferson carterj98@mindspring.com http://carterj.homestead.com/ > >I was reading a bestseller recently and there was a question in the > >book. Could someone help with the answer. Here's the question... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > c. sentence okay, if a bit theatrical. > d. comma splice. Politics aside, this variation, not listed, is also correctly punctuated: "George W. Bush is the president who, in God's name, will protect our children." No one president, in God's name or otherwise, is (1) sufficient in himself to protect all our children or (2) sufficient in himself to endanger all our children. Presidential wannabes try to create the contrary illusion, but it's a flagrant exaggeration. But that's politics, not punctuation.  SignatureBob Lieblich Who trusts commas more than he does Dubya |
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