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A grammatical question
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RE: A grammatical question
Hijack okay?  Since this grammar thread seems to have run its course but for the wisecracking, I just wrote this:

Quote:Salt, and the sound of surf; I was near the ocean or some big lake.  Cold dark and silent; it was night, well before dawn, before the morning birds riot.  The smell of damp soil, predator scat, evergreens, blood (I assumed it was mine), and urine (also mine?).

And I'm wondering about the punctuation at the end.  "?)."   I never saw that before.  Can anybody tell me whether it's good or bad, and what to do about it if it's bad? 

Having asked the question, I'll now try to answer it myself: 

If it's bad, then I have to recast the sentence somehow to avoid the problem.  But if it's good it's distracting.  That is, a lot of people will assume it is bad, and I should avoid causing them to have distracting thoughts about grammar when I want them to be involved in the story.  So I should recast the sentence to avoid inciting misguided grammarians.  Conclusion:  Either way, I should recast. 

But I'm still curious:  Is it actually wrong?
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A grammatical question - by rado84 - August 16, 2016 at 11:04 am
RE: A grammatical question - by FatAndFaithless - August 16, 2016 at 11:07 am
RE: A grammatical question - by mlmooney89 - August 16, 2016 at 11:08 am
RE: A grammatical question - by wiploc - August 16, 2016 at 11:08 am
RE: A grammatical question - by rado84 - August 16, 2016 at 11:11 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Edwardo Piet - August 16, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: A grammatical question - by rado84 - August 16, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Whateverist - August 16, 2016 at 1:23 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by Alex K - August 16, 2016 at 11:57 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Cyberman - August 16, 2016 at 1:17 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by Edwardo Piet - August 17, 2016 at 9:07 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Joods - August 16, 2016 at 4:08 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by brewer - August 16, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by ignoramus - August 17, 2016 at 7:43 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Aoi Magi - August 17, 2016 at 11:23 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Joods - August 17, 2016 at 4:02 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by rado84 - August 17, 2016 at 1:57 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by Cyberman - August 17, 2016 at 6:27 pm
RE: A grammatical question - by wiploc - August 18, 2016 at 12:59 am
RE: A grammatical question - by mlmooney89 - August 18, 2016 at 11:33 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Aoi Magi - August 18, 2016 at 3:22 am
RE: A grammatical question - by wiploc - August 18, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: A grammatical question - by mlmooney89 - August 18, 2016 at 11:36 am
RE: A grammatical question - by Aoi Magi - August 18, 2016 at 3:23 am

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