Gonna

Fixed.

 

We -- like -- are not going to take it -- you know.
No, -- um -- we are not going -- you know -- to take it.
Um, We [pause] are not going to take it.
Any more -- you know.

 

We do it every day, with every speaker, Shottie.

 

I my gosh. You've hit on another one.

I heard an NBA player use 'you know' about 1,539 times in a 3-minute locker room interview. The next day, there wasn't a single 'you know' in his quotes in any of the papers I saw interviewing him.

 

Thanks. If it had a picture, I might actually bookmark it.

 

Shaun Livingston?

 

For what it's worth: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotta

 

For what it's worth, I think "gonna" makes a quote flow better. I think "Going to" is almost like "said" in that a reader won't really notice it. Plus, by keeping "gonna" it in, you usually capture the personality of the quote better. By changing it, you run the risk of neutering the quote.

 

I appreciate the importance of maintaining a quote's authenticity, but I banned 'gonna' from my department long ago. While it's a good idea to keep personality and color in quotes, I generally like to stick with actual words when putting out a sports section. Rare exception might be for a headline, but it would have to be a humdinger of a story.

 

I too use ``gonna'' in quotes from time to time, just like I do the more-than-occasional ``ain't,'' ``man,'' and other expressions that tend to define the personality of the talker. I have straightened a few quotes out though, I admit. Kind of a case by case deal. ``Man, that guy can shoot.'' is a lot better than ``That guy can shoot.''

 

I change gonna, 'em and 'cause to going to, them and because almost all of the time.

There's exceptions to every rule. If I was going to quote song lyrics, I'd stick with gonna if that's what it is. If I'm for some reason writing a team's slogan and it says, 'We'll beat 'em all, 'cause we're awesome," I'll write 'em and 'cause.

If a coach says, "We played poorly today, but we're gonna get back to work and improve," then it's going to after I edit it.

While we're at it, alright is two words, all right? Granted, alright is in dictionaries and there's exceptions to every rule.

 

Why do you keep referencing a guitar book?