Punctuation – What Punctuation Is This Sentence Missing?
punctuation
One big ass mistake America.
I'm thinking it should be:
One big ass mistake, America.
Best Answer
There should be a hyphen between big and ass, as the two words together form an adjective, applied to mistake. (See also Ophiuroid’s comment referring to xkcd).
There should certainly be something before America; I agree with Boofus’s answer on that issue.
Donald Knuth seems to agree that mathematical writing deserves good punctuation (see pages 5 and 6 at that link for examples of a period and comma following formulas). It's in Wikipedia's Manual of Style as well, for what it's worth.
Best Answer
There should be a hyphen between big and ass, as the two words together form an adjective, applied to mistake. (See also Ophiuroid’s comment referring to xkcd).
There should certainly be something before America; I agree with Boofus’s answer on that issue.