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How to punctuate this? 'Do you know..."



 
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How to punctuate this? 'Do you know..." #1 (permalink) Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:20 pm   How to punctuate this? 'Do you know..."		  
Hi

Could you please punctuate this for me? The sentence starts with a question but does not end with it! Shocked

Quote:
Do you know that there are many names for (a?) television but perhaps the most pejorative of all is (an?) 'idiot box'.

Many thanks

Tom

PS: Are "a" and "an" required there?
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How to punctuate this? 'Do you know..." #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:42 pm   How to punctuate this? 'Do you know..."		  
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The best idea is to break it up, Tom:

Do you know that there are many names for a television? Perhaps the most pejorative of all is 'the idiot box'.

The article before 'television' because the allusion is to the appliance and not to the medium; the article before 'idiot box' because it is giving the appliance a name.
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