I find these rules at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp very helpful. Rule 1 Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single

JaCKo__007 wrote: Hi everybody! I'm fresh around here. Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple of questions. The first is: say you have a series of questions one after another. What kind of punctuation would you use in

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In British English, we generally use lower case after a colon, but American speakers often use upper case. Yes, if what follows the colon is a complete sentence, as it is in this case. It's not WRONG to leave it lower case, because it is,

Maya2 wrote: It raises the question: what is a quality film. It raises the question: What is a quality film. It raises the question: (W)hat is a quality film. It raises the question: w hat is a quality film ? It raises the question:

G'day Maya, I am afraid that none of the above would be my response. There is no question mark. I doubt that a colon is required; I would suggest a semi colon. The next letter after a semi colon would be lower case. See ya Stannum

I would probably do it like this, in contexts such as yours: 1. Say "You have to go to the meeting", not "You need to go to the meeting". i.e. without the full stop (or comma, or colon, or semi-colon, as the case may be) in the first quote.

Hi Yoong Liat, ''Should it be written as'' is a interrogative statement, therefore I think question mark should be used at the end of this statement. But I have used colon instead of a question because colon was required there. Then does that

Yoong Liat wrote: Should it be written as : What is difference in meaning between the following sentences ? 1. He was eating like as if there is no tomorrow . 2. He was eating like as if there was no tomorrow. Hi Yoong

Could you provide me with an example sentence to show what you mean? If a question mark is needed, then there should be no colon.