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Liveinjapan

#487001 Mon, 10 Mar 08 02:21 PM

"Leopard is powerful, polished and carefully coceived." David Pogue said.

Is comma or something needed before David?

Thanks
LiJ

Liveinjapan

Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007

Osaka, Japan

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Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

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Philip

#487003 Mon, 10 Mar 08 02:23 PM

Replacing the period inside the quote with a comma will correct your sentence. Many would also place 'said' before the person's name.
(Note typo: conceived.)

Philip

Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005

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Cool Breeze

#487007 Mon, 10 Mar 08 02:31 PM

Philip
Many would also place 'said' before the person's name.

Hi Philip

That's interesting. Would it be more common in the US to have the verb (said) before the subject? That is the old word order in Germanic languages and it is required in Swedish after a quote. English is more flexible in this respect, both word orders are generally considered correct.

Cool Breeze

Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006

Helsinki, Finland

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Verbs, Word order

Philip

#487024 Mon, 10 Mar 08 03:05 PM

Cool Breeze
Philip
Many would also place 'said' before the person's name.

Hi Philip
That's interesting. Would it be more common in the US to have the verb (said) before the subject? That is the old word order in Germanic languages and it is required in Swedish after a quote. English is more flexible in this respect, both word orders are generally considered correct.
CB

I really couldn't tell you which is more common.