Re: A punctuation question [was: Re: Father Like Son]

R H Draney wrote:
John Kane filted:
On Jul 31, 12:03=A0pm, Chuck Riggs <chri...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:58:25 -0700, Purl Gurl
<purlg...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

You are a sissy boy crybaby!

Would the addition of a comma to Gurl's sentence be an
improvement, resulting in the phrase "sissy boy, crybaby", or is
it all right the way it is?

I'd go for the comma.

Or maybe it should be "You are a sissy, boy crybaby!", suggesting
that "boy crybaby" is an appellation analogous to "boy wonder"....r

Could be an attributive sissyboy. Could be asyndeton.


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