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Colloquial sentence endings like “is all” and “is how”
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I'm writing dialogue for a short story and I want to 'transcribe' the characters' colloquialisms in a way that best adheres to the rules of written English (I'm an ESL speaker). My protag ends some of her sentences with expressions like "is all" and "is how" (e.g. "Just asking is all"). My questions is, Is that type of expression supposed to have a comma beforehand? Or would that be a comma splice?
Example from the short story itself:
"How did you know I was over by the fountain?"
"Sister Amy told me [,] is how."
The descriptivist and prescriptivist parts of me disagree on the matter.
Thanks in advance, folks. :)
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I'm writing dialogue for a short story and I want to 'transcribe' the characters' colloquialisms in a way that best adheres to the rules of written English (I'm an ESL speaker). My protag ends some of her sentences with expressions like "is all" and "is how" (e.g. "Just asking is all"). My questions is, Is that type of expression supposed to have a comma beforehand? Or would that be a comma splice?
Example from the short story itself:
"How did you know I was over by the fountain?"
"Sister Amy told me [,] is how."
The descriptivist and prescriptivist parts of me disagree on the matter.
Thanks in advance, folks. :)
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I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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I'm writing dialogue for a short story and I want to 'transcribe' the characters' colloquialisms in a way that best adheres to the rules of written English (I'm an ESL speaker). My protag ends some of her sentences with expressions like "is all" and "is how" (e.g. "Just asking is all"). My questions is, Is that type of expression supposed to have a comma beforehand? Or would that be a comma splice?
Example from the short story itself:
"How did you know I was over by the fountain?"
"Sister Amy told me [,] is how."
The descriptivist and prescriptivist parts of me disagree on the matter.
Thanks in advance, folks. :)
commas writing colloquialisms
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I'm writing dialogue for a short story and I want to 'transcribe' the characters' colloquialisms in a way that best adheres to the rules of written English (I'm an ESL speaker). My protag ends some of her sentences with expressions like "is all" and "is how" (e.g. "Just asking is all"). My questions is, Is that type of expression supposed to have a comma beforehand? Or would that be a comma splice?
Example from the short story itself:
"How did you know I was over by the fountain?"
"Sister Amy told me [,] is how."
The descriptivist and prescriptivist parts of me disagree on the matter.
Thanks in advance, folks. :)
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I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
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I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago
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You would not need to add a comma to "is all," however, you would likely need to add a comma if the phrase were "that's all."
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"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
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"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
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You would not need to add a comma to "is all," however, you would likely need to add a comma if the phrase were "that's all."
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"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
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"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
– KannE
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"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
– KannE
41 mins ago
"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
– KannE
41 mins ago
"Is all" means "that's all" in that usage (as an idiom). I'm just saying, is all. In other words, I'm just saying (e.g., just mentioning it), is all (i.e., that's all).
– KannE
41 mins ago
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I'm not sure about "is how," but I would use a comma before "is all," like the example sentences found in this: idioms.thefreedictionary.com/is+all.
– KannE
6 hours ago
Similar question: english.stackexchange.com/questions/178505/… . No comma is used before "is all" in this question.
– TaliesinMerlin
6 hours ago
Technically, "XXX is all" is a sentence, with XXX being the subject, so no comma is needed (from a pure syntax/semantics point of view). This is true even if XXX is "You need to climb the Empire State Building and jump off". However, a comma may be used to represent a brief pause in speech, with the pause helping the listener parse the (rather complex) sentence, and the same may apply to printed text that is never actually spoken.
– Hot Licks
4 hours ago