Studyhard  +  136296 Sun, 11 Sep 05 03:18 PM Help! What would be the proper way (referring to commas and quotation marks) to write this sentence: A few of our favorite quotes include "Rome wasn't built in a day", "Don't be fancy, be good", "Don't play helter-skelter", and "This game won't be a cake walk." Thanks for your help!! Studyhard Joined on Sun, Sep 11 2005 New Member 01 Commas, Quotation Marks

	pieanne  +  136299 Sun, 11 Sep 05 03:27 PM Hello, Studyhard, and welcome to the English Forums! I know opinions vary in this field. One might argue about the need of a comma before "and". The quotation marks are OK. As to the rest, there could (just could) be a colon after include. I personally capitalize the first letter of a quotation only when the quotation immediately follows a full stop, but then I may be wrong... P.S. Why not simply: Our favorite quotes include ... pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Colons, Commas, Quotation Marks

	davkett  +  136366 Sun, 11 Sep 05 06:53 PM  Pieanne wrote:  there could (just could) be a colon after include I have finally learned the rule about the use of colons, Pieanne, (though I still can't seem to be a good boy all the time):  the statement before a colon has to be a complete clause. 'A few of our favorite quotes include' (not complete enough to be followed by a colon). davkett Joined on Tue, Jun 7 2005 Pennsylvania, USA Senior Member 2,788 "The rose stays fresh in its name..." -Bernard of Morlay Clauses, Colons

	pieanne  +  136370 Sun, 11 Sep 05 07:00 PM Ok, that's very useful, I'll keep it in mind... So, no capital to begin the quote, then? (I wonder whether I can use these in French ... Would be quite handy!)   pieanne