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Question about Punctuation
I looked into “huh” on the dictionary, and I found it is written like this.
1) “a grunt articulated as a syllabic m, or n with a voiceless onset, or as the syllable ˈhə, or ˈhəⁿ, often ending in a glottal stop, and uttered with a range of intonations, often read as ˈhə”
But I thought it’s too many punctuation and this one would be more better to understanding.
2) “a grunt articulated as a syllabic m or n with a voiceless onset, or as the syllable ˈhə or ˈhəⁿ, often ending in a glottal stop, and uttered with a range of intonations, often read as ˈhə”
So this is my question. Why is commas before “syllabic m” and “syllable ˈhə” needed?
7 mar 2024 14:57
Risposte · 10
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They aren't *needed* exactly. The particular dictionary's style guide prescribes them probably. To me, both versions are exactly as clear as each other.
7 marzo 2024
punctuation is actually about placing commas or other similar marks in the sentence -- as huh is an exclamatory word it may be a sentence itself like
Huh?
which has no connection to whether it's glottal or not
because
how words are pronounced is stated in pronunciation
8 marzo 2024
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