How do you punctuate when using :)

[Prize Gotti]

How do you correctly punctuate a sentence when you end it with a smiley or any other members of the emoticon family.

do you finish like this

or maybe like this .

or even like this.

is the emoticon a sentence within itself? .

I would post another one but it only lets me post 4 ~;>_<;~

 

[Tha_Wood]

i think a smiley is the same as a full stop or a question mark, say if u used that would be in place of the question mark

 

[Maverick]

lol reading that was pretty funny.

and to the poster, there are special breeds of emoticons. nearly impossible to pinpoint one's location.

 

[Chronic]

or even like this.

I pick that one.

 

[Pittsey]

Like this silly.

 

[Preach]

^^
I do like the two above.

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[Rahim]

no..its like this or like this :sad:...

 

[Preach]

^^
that whole sentence has inconsistent punctuation, so you didn't demonstrate much.

to respond to your question, Prize, as an emoticon is not in the dictionary and not part of any grammatical rules, there is no one correct way. hehehe, let me guess, you're thinking "does he think i didn't know this?" well yeah, that's actually what i thought so stfu, k?

 

[Rahim]

^^
that whole sentence has inconsistent punctuation, so you didn't demonstrate much.

meh.....no one else really did either....

 

[Rukas]

I think it's part of the sentance .

 

[Eric]

Great question. I have a habit of putting the smiley before the sentence ends, before the period. In fact, I am obsessed with it being before the period.

 

[Jurhum]

It isn't part of the sentence. Therefore, it should go after the period, since it's a reflection of your facial expresion.

 

[Eric]

It isn't part of the sentence. Therefore, it should go after the period, since it's a reflection of your facial expresion.

I disagree, it's like using parenthesis to put an emphases or add to your sentence.

 

[Jurhum]

You are not really putting an emphasis more so than you are portraying your emotional expressions with icons. Thus, it could go in it's own sentence. Like saying this.

I am mad. Don't talk to me.

Or, one can write the above sentence with and icon:

:fury:. Don't talk to me.

 

[Illuminattile]

Unless you plan on using emoticons in a dissertation or for the New Yorker, I don't think it's going to matter.