In Punctuation^x

Your use of quotation marks is absolutely fine. I can't tell you where I got the information. I just know it: I am English. You do have a typographical error with "churchfolk", though. You have written: "churckfolk". Actually, I'm not sure there's any such word as: "churchfolk". I'd be...

Is the punctuation in the following example correct? I went by the assumption that terminolgy and nicknames require that the punctuation goes OUTSIDE since they are not acutally quoted material or dialogue. Please give me your input and where you found the information to make the ruling. Thanks! ...

Uhm..Could you possibly give examples of the teacher's work?I mean,you know there are plenty of spelling differences between North American English and British English like: traveled - travelled learned - learnt honor - honour check - cheque, .. Also punctuation differs.E.g. Dear Sir :...

Hi I am prestly in an Adult Reading Class. My teacher and I are in a dispute over the punctuation of this sentence: Teacher's Sentence: The sign read "Place Homework Here!" . As you can see, the teacher is not putting a common after "read" and she is putting a period after the...

Does an asterisk at the end of a sentence go inside or outside of the final punctuation mark?

Hello. I'm new to your list. I am trying to develop a lesson plan for the use of semi colons and colons and I came across an example at a reputable website, but I think it is wrong. I'd like your opinion please. Here is the punctuation on the example: Time is short; however; we will still...

one space between full stop and a new sentence

We are having a debate in my office regarding the following letter: Are the semi-colons necessary? Do the bullets replace any necessary punctuation? Dear XXXXX: Enclosed is the Quarterly Valuation for the period ended March 31, 2004. The individual statements will be sent directly from...

When ending a letter with 'Kind regards' and following it immediately beneath with 'Yours sincerely', which punctuation mark (if any) should be used after 'regards'? Thanks for your help!

I love your emoticon! What is it? (not exactly an English question, but maybe we can let the little yellow guys/girls in as a kind of punctuation.)