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Old 14-Mar-2004, 00:54
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Hello teachers,
I am new here. I'd like to know which of the following sentence is correct:

Look out!. A car is coming! or

Look out! A car is coming. or

Look out, a car is coming!

Which one is correct?
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Either the first or the second is correct. However, since you clearly have two separate sentences, the third one is not correct. Also, since you deinitely have two exclamations, I would only use the first one.

(Say: "Which of the following sentences is correct?")

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Old 14-Mar-2004, 01:46
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Thank you very much!
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You're quite welcome. :D

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(I probably should have said Both one and two are correct.)
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