Adding Post a Comment in Index Page

Hello,

I am trying to add “Post a Comment” into my home page but have some problems. Here’s the code which I am using:

<a class="postaco" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>#post-comment" title="Post a Comment">Post a Comment</a>

However, this leads link to domain.com/postname/#post-comment instead of domain.com/postname#post-comment

How can I fix this issue?

Also, I am trying to format # of comments link by using this code:

<p style="float:left;" class="postmetadata"><?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link('<a href="#comments" class="aco" title="Number of Comments">No Comments</a>...

My questiion here: how do I insert post url into a href?