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Vincent Teo

#546320 Fri, 25 Jul 08 03:59 PM

Can I say,

John said to his mother," It is time I married." (full stop?)

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Philip

#546328 Fri, 25 Jul 08 04:36 PM

No space between " and It; I am among a few who in this case would put the . after the " - it's a debatable question.

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Vincent Teo

#546436 Fri, 25 Jul 08 11:48 PM

That mean, full stop is correct? not comma?

Feebs11

#546452 Sat, 26 Jul 08 01:16 AM

The full stop is correct, and should be inside the quotation mark as it is direct speech.

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Anonymous

#546606 Sat, 26 Jul 08 11:14 AM

That's fine, but for more emphasis, you could use an exclamation mark (!).

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