Does this need a comma?

by GarrieWilson

Posted: 15 years ago 16 replies

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Which is correct? With or without the comma?

Small Cars, Better Gas: The Guide to getting blah blah
or
Small Cars Better Gas: The Guide to getting blah blah

MTIA

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PS. Thanks for pointing out my two errors.

#coma

JennySweets 15 years ago

well they both show commas, and i don't know how good putting your title into a coma will do ya :p

but looking at it without the comma in my head, i'd say with the comma. but lets see what the experts around here have to say, i'm too green to listen to yet hehe
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Istvan Horvath 15 years ago

Both your examples have comma
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LooseChange 15 years ago

First off, it's "comma" not "coma" and the two sentences are identical.

The way you have it punctuared is fine.
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ZachWaldman 15 years ago

They're both the same which I figure is a mistake you made. To answer your question, you need the comma. I hope you don't need a coma.
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GarrieWilson 15 years ago

haha i copied and pasted... forgot to remove it.

oops.

all fixed now.

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sbucciarel Banned 15 years ago

With the comma. Sentence makes less sense without the comma.
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domainarama 15 years ago

Punctuation rules in English change all the time. Rules about the use of commas are changing these days. If you are looking for approval about comma use from someone educated ten or twenty years ago you will almost certainly miss a lot of punctuation rules changes. Nowadays commas are used much much much less frequently than in the past.

The modern general rule: use few commas in headlines. No commas can be good.

BTW: avoid using colons ( : ) wherever you can. A simple dash ( - ) is cleaner and more readable.
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GarrieWilson 15 years ago

Thanks for the replies and for the dash suggestion.

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HeySal 15 years ago

The comma is actually grammatically correct.

You can improvise:

Small Cars - Better Gas
Small Cars = Better Gas

You could also use a semi-colon but it would look too heavy with the colon behind Gas.
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- Alexa Smith Banned 15 years ago
  
  I agree.
  
  I think a semi-colon would look heavy. The comma is undoubtedly more grammatically correct than its absence. I wouldn't hesitate to use a dash instead, though - if it looks better.
  
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Sunfyre7896 15 years ago

I've seen Titles all sorts of ways, but I would say that you definitely need something between. Grammatically, the comma is correct.
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iidesu 15 years ago

with coma, obviously.
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Kierkegaard 15 years ago

Of cars, they which are small equal gas betterly: He for whom the Guide is wanted blah blah
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- Kay King 15 years ago
  
  small cars, better gas: the guide...
  
  small cars - better gas: the guide...
  
  small cars, better gas - the guide...
  
  small cars & better gas: the guide....
  small cars/better gas - the guide....
  
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