A few days ago
Microsoft Sam

This sentence is confusing me. I don’t know how to make it correct.?

“I’m not the first teenager to scream “let’s go shopping!” Every weekend I possibly can.”

I know that “Every weekend I possibly can” isn’t a complete sentence, but it’s supposed to tie in with the other sentence. But I don’t want to put a comma after “let’s go shopping” because I want to capture the enthusiasm of a teenage girl who wants to go shopping.

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A few days ago
dnldslk

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The real problem is you’ve packed too much into a sentence. The emotion is weakened, especially with the opening line, “I’m not the first….” That part really makes the quotation weak. It’s hard to pack a lot of feeling in an overlong sentence containing too many ideas. Cut out words, and give the remaining words a chance to breathe their fire.

I think you want to place the strength on the quotation, not on that opening part. That opening is a sort of commentary without passion. Get right TO the passion.

Perhaps:

“Let’s go shopping–every weekend of the year!”

Hey, I’m not the first teenager to scream it. I’m just the loudest.

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A few days ago
Rick
I’m not the first teenager to scream “Let’s go shopping every weekend I possibly can!”
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A few days ago
Christina
I am not the only teenager that screams “Lets go SHOPPING!” every weekend.

OR Make 2 sentences… I like to go shopping every weekend. I am not the only person to feel that way.

I can’t possibly be the only teenager out there who wants to go shopping every weekend.

It is only normal for a person of my age to feel the need to go shopping every single weekend.

I can tell you many ways to reword it…

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A few days ago
Massiekurqueen
“I’m not the first teenager to scream “Let’s go shopping!” every weekend I possibly can”.

You don’t need a comma, and putting one doesn’t really minimize that teenage girl’s enthusiasm

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A few days ago
rayzgirl
“I’m not the first teenager to scream ‘Let’s go shopping!’ I go every weekend if possible.
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A few days ago
nerdychickita
Another way to state it could be:

Every chance I get I scream, “let’s go shopping!”

or

Like every other teenage girl out there, on weekends I always scream, “let’s go shopping!”

Hope I gave you some ideas!

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