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Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job! — As office occupancy rates stagnate, employers are giving up on perks and turning to threats (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job! — As office occupancy rates stagnate, employers are giving up on perks and turning to threats::undefined

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not very persuasive.

Your sentence fragment invalidates your entire argument.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The first sentence is also a sentence fragment and the period should be placed before the ending quotation marks.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does the period in quotation mark rule applies to quotes? I don't think it does, but this stuff always confuses me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It actually might be correct they way they did it since they were quoting a word rather than a complete sentence. It is indeed confusing. I figured if I were wrong, someone might correct me and I'd learn something.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "not very persuasive" is not a sentence fragment. Sentences need a subject, verb, and a complete thought.

    "Don't do that" has an implied subject of (you). "Not very persuasive" shares the same type implied subject and is a complete sentence.

    Bonus fun fact, the shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am" but not "I'm" because contractions are inherently dependent.

    https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-an-implied-subject#:~:text=Implied%20subjects%20occur%20when%20a,the%20subject%20is%20not%20mentioned.

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