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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>ESL General English Grammar Questions</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htm</link><description>Ask your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)</generator><item><title>Re: punctuation within a quoted listing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationWithinQuotedListing/gxpcx/post.htm#574291</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:29:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574291</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationWithinQuotedListing/gxpcx/post.htm#574291</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-574291.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There will be argument because punctuation guidelines vary across the Atlantic and among publishers.&amp;nbsp; I would do this:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are many persistent myths about oil that are often passed unquestioningly from person to person, &lt;strong&gt;like &lt;/strong&gt;“Synthetic oil can make an engine last indefinitely&lt;strong&gt;”, “&lt;/strong&gt;An additive with Teflon will eliminate friction in your engine&lt;strong&gt;”, “&lt;/strong&gt;All oil is the same and comes from the same factory&lt;strong&gt;”, and “&lt;/strong&gt;An engine will not &lt;strong&gt;break in&lt;/strong&gt; with synthetic oil&lt;strong&gt;”.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>punctuation within a quoted listing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationWithinQuotedListing/gxxkj/post.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:00:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:574133</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationWithinQuotedListing/gxxkj/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-574133.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Can someone tell me the proper placement for punctuation in this listing within the sentence?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are many persistent myths about oil that are often passed unquestioningly from&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;person to person, like: “Synthetic oil can make an engine last indefinitely/.,” “An additive with Teflon will eliminate friction&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;in your engine.,” “All oil is the same and comes from the same factory.,” or “An engine will not break-in with synthetic oil.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>