Similar practice papers to English standard for Essex

[Blitz]

A question about use of imperatives: How would you punctuate...

stop said david or i'll get mum

OH and I have a difference of opinion!!

[moved]

A question about use of imperatives: How would you punctuate...

stop said david or i'll get mum

OH and I have a difference of opinion!!

I think I would go for the following, but others may disagree.

"Stop," said David, "or I'll go and get Mum!"

[Daogroupie]

"Stop!" said David. "Or I 'ill get Mum."

Stop is the imperative so needs to be by itself with an exclamation mark. That would be my answer, but others may well differ. DG

[moved]

DG, I agree, but a sentence cannot begin with Or, hence I chose the first version. I think that actually the sentence is colloquial so the usual rules don't apply.

[Blitz]

Thanks. OH agreed with Moved. I thought,

"Stop!" said David, "or I'll get Mum."

Hope nothing as contentous as this comes up or it will be like 'dash-gate' in Captain Corr, 2010's paper.

[seriousmum]

A question about use of imperatives: How would you punctuate...

stop said david or i'll get mum

OH and I have a difference of opinion!!

I think I would go for the following, but others may disagree.

"Stop," said David, "or I'll go and get Mum!"

Does mum have to start ith a capital M?

[moved]

Yes, as it is a name. Dad, Daddy, Mum and Mummy need capitals, but mother and father only start with capitals when they are being used as proper rather than common nouns.

The old fashioned girl said "I would like a new frock please, Mother," to her mother.