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Latest post Sat, Apr 7 2007 8:58 AM by CalifJim. 1 replies.
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Starstuff  +  348050 Sat, 07 Apr 07 07:51 AM
Is it fine to append ", someone said" to a general statement that has no quotation marks?

ie: Foreign Ministry spokesman criticized the statements, the report said.

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CalifJim  +  348064 Sat, 07 Apr 07 08:58 AM
It's fine.  It's just an inversion of the more usual

Someone said (that) a spokesman criticized the statements.

but with a comma to clarify that it's an inverted structure.

CJ
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