stermy4u@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat's one book everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?message-squaremessage-square205linkfedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down13
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minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI was trying to narrow it down to 1 discworld book. Ive got it down to Small Gods, Jingo or Thud!. I also got confused whether a full stop goes after the ! Or not.
minus-squareMerritt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoSmall gods is for sure one of my favorites! If there’s an exclamation mark (!) there’s generally no period (.).
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoEven in this case, where the ! is part of the title? It was 50/50 and looks like i picked unwisely
minus-squareMobiuthuselah@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThe exclamation mark is part of the title. I would say the hard stop goes at the end of the sentence otherwise the exclamation mark could be construed as part of the sentence and not part of the title.
I was trying to narrow it down to 1 discworld book. Ive got it down to Small Gods, Jingo or Thud!.
I also got confused whether a full stop goes after the ! Or not.
Small gods is for sure one of my favorites!
If there’s an exclamation mark (!) there’s generally no period (.).
Even in this case, where the ! is part of the title?
It was 50/50 and looks like i picked unwisely
The exclamation mark is part of the title. I would say the hard stop goes at the end of the sentence otherwise the exclamation mark could be construed as part of the sentence and not part of the title.