Как правильно расставить знаки препинания в этой фразе?
горшок он и в Африке горшок
Что должно стоять после горшок: запятая, тире или точка? Почему?
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Аn em dash would be most appropriate, since we have a thematic nominative, closely connected to the base sentence.
При именительном темы, более тесно связанном с базовым предложением, в котором имеется личное или указательное местоимение в качестве слова-отсылки, употребляется тире: Смерть - она все успокаивает (М. Г.); Читатель - он знает, что важен не человек - важен дух человеческий (М. Г.); Марченко - тот был человек, золотой человек (Каз.); Дорога в дождь - она не сладость, Дорога в дождь - она беда (Евт.).
If a thematic nominative is more closely connected to the base sentence which uses a personal or demonstrative pronoun as a reference word, an em dash is used to connect the sentences.
A thematic nominative, or topical nominative, is a rhetorical construct in Russian (and in English too) which uses a independent clause of a single expression in nominative to define a topic (or theme) of a compound sentence, and another indepenent clause to define the comment (or rheme).
In both English and Russian it's probably best illustrated by demotivators posted all over the Internet:
A comma could be used too, since this expression is quite vernacular and a comma can be used instead of an em dash to imitate flow of speech. However, the expression и в Африке has already become an idiom.
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Could you provide a translation of the quote you posted? Thanks. :) – Alenanno Jun 24 '12 at 20:14
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"However, the expression и в Африке has already become an idiom." - does it matter? what are you pointing out at by saying this? – Trident D'Gao Jun 24 '12 at 20:20
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@bonomo: This construct is a colloquialism which could be styled as such in writing. However, it's not perceived as a colloquialism anymore. – Quassnoi Jun 24 '12 at 20:31