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Anonymous

#418252 Thu, 13 Sep 07 11:27 PM

Someone please check my answers.

Punctuate the following sentencs. Only items 4 and 5 should be punctuated as quotations.

1. This however, is only the opinon of people who live on a farm.
take out s
2. A cat's habit of climbing curtains pieces, of furniture, and screen doors hsould be discouraged.

3. Unless you take careful notes, you may not remember all the facts when you give your report.

4. "Where is the manager" asked the angry customer.

5. "You will like our pie" said the waitress "we make it ourselves".

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Clive

#418286 Fri, 14 Sep 07 01:27 AM

Hi,

1. This, however, is only the opinon of people who live on a farm.

2. A cat's habit of climbing curtains, pieces of furniture and screen doors should be discouraged.

3. Unless you take careful notes, you may not remember all the facts when you give your report.

4. "Where is the manager?", asked the angry customer.

5. "You will like our pie", said the waitress. "We make it ourselves".

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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Feebs11

#418301 Fri, 14 Sep 07 02:22 AM

Anonymous wrote:
Someone please check my answers.

Punctuate the following sentencs. Only items 4 and 5 should be punctuated as quotations.

1. This however, is only the opinon of people who live on a farm. "However" is usually preceded and followed by commas

take out s
2. A cat's habit of climbing curtains pieces, of furniture, and screen doors hsould be discouraged. Why have you separated "pieces of furniture"?

3. Unless you take careful notes, you may not remember all the facts when you give your report.

4. "Where is the manager" asked the angry customer. Thre is a question here.

5. "You will like our pie" said the waitress "we make it ourselves". You will need to punctuate each section of dialogue, within the quotation marks.

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Quotation marks

Yoong Liat

#418371 Fri, 14 Sep 07 05:07 AM

Clive wrote:

Hi,

"Where is the manager?", asked the angry customer.

"Where is the manager?", asked the angry customer.

Is a comma required after the quotation marks?

Yoong Liat

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Commas, Quotation marks

Clive

#418376 Fri, 14 Sep 07 05:23 AM

Hi,

"Where is the manager?", asked the angry customer.

Is a comma required after the quotation marks?

I hesitate to say it's necessary, but I prefer to put one to reflect the way I'd pause briefly if I said that.

If you consult a few style guides on punctuation with quotations, you may get another opinion.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

Commas, Punctuation, Quotation marks

Feebs11

#418451 Fri, 14 Sep 07 10:57 AM

In this case, where it is apparently straight dialogue, no comma is needed as well as the question mark.
"Where is the manager?" asked the angry customer.

If it is a reported/quoted question, a comma would go outside as well as the question mark inside the marks.
I heard the angry customer shout "Where is the manager?", and then the waitress burst into tears.

I have a problem with this use of the word "quotation". To me a quotation is something that is cited/reported/repeated. It is different from dialogue - the orthographic representation of speech between individuals. Dialogue requires the punctuation within the quotation/speech marks; quotation generally requires it outside the marks.

The original post askd for the two final sentences to be punctuated as quotations, but neither is in fact a quotation in its structure. Both are dialogue.

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