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lil · 3658 days ago · link · · parent · post: Write Better Dammit!: Comma Coma #3: Commas and the Three Bears
I agree with you and your third grade teacher, but I'd just take out the "you know." When recounting a story we have to make it readable. This might require sacrificing some of the exact words. "You know" does not add any meaning to the sentence so those words can go and we are left with Thanks for participating. Stay tuned for more bad sentences.While walking to the bar one night, Kate told me, "You are not at all like we thought you were."
coffeesp00ns · 3658 days ago · link ·
Gotcha. I appreciate modifying the quote slightly to help with readability. Were it the news, i guess you'd put a [...] in front of it, or some such.