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Who was it who said, "I only retret that I have but one life to give for my country?" The punctuation here is correct, as far as I know. Why does the telephone alwasy ring just as soon as I sit down to work? she asked. I would place quotation marks at the beginning and end of the...

What is correct punctuation and (?) placement for the following: Who was it who said, "I only retret that I have but one life to give for my country?" Why does the telephone alwasy ring just as soon as I sit down to work? she asked. Where should the question makr be placed in a quoted...

Hmm... So, if I was saying "Sleep-Well's beds are very comfortable." it would use an apostraphe because it's possesive right? But referrering to the Sleep-Well company as "it" I would use "its" as the posessive. /me shakes his head One more quick question, what's the proper place to put...

Hello, momo I don't see anything wrong with your sentences. If you are quoting a question or an exclamation, it makes sense to place the question mark/exclamation mark inside the quotation marks: John asked me, "are you coming to the party?" As for the inclusion of commas and periods,...

Sircnay, you rock! The horrible editing in newspapers one of my pet peeves, too. I don't think they should even call them "editors" so much as maybe "marginal improvers". Of course, my grammar and punctuation aren't perfect by any means, but sometimes the errors are blaringly obvious. I once...

Migo wrote: "Google isn't an appropriate means of determining whether something is correct or not." I couldn't agree more. Not everything we can find in search engines -google or any other- is written in "correct" English. I have read all sorts of stuff online, from scientific and academic...

Hi, I am going to ask about three sentences. I will give you two options to choose from in each instance. Where I have difficulty is when I have a subordinate clause buried in the middle of the sentence. I will try to elaborate where I have difficulty in each of the three sentences. ...

Of course punctuation is extremely important to convey the meaning of a sentence. You have given good examples of it with these sentences. The following is what I think these sentences might mean: "What is this thing called love?" - You are asking or wondering about an explanation of the concept...

-What is this thing called love? -What is this thing called, love? -What? Is this thing called love? -What is this thing called? 'Love'? -What is this thing called?' 'Love.' How different are these sentences in meaning? Would you say that punctuation is so important that could change the...

I am writing a book where do I quotation marks in or out of the period when the character are talking.