Are you sure it is not required? A pause there seems natural, and many texts state that after any form of to say a comma is required. I thought that the quotation marks were not strictly required because this is a form of silent speech but that

Are you sure it is not required? A pause there seems natural, and many texts state that after any form of to say a comma is required. I thought that the quotation marks were not strictly required because this is a form of silent speech but that

If someone quotes a rather long sentence, where should the period go? As in: The President clearly said that "...there will not be any further talks on this issue unless a consensus is arrived at ". <-- Position of this period?

When using ellipses at the end of quotations, do we put spaces before the ellipses? What I mean is, which of the following is most correct? She said, "I'm not too sure.." or She said, "I'm not too sure .." Also, how

What is "inverted commas"? The marks that are around your words inverted commas quoted above. Also called quotation marks . The sign is to indicate that the word or expression being uttered should be taken as if between quotation marks.

You're right. The period should be outsied the quotation marks.

Is the period placed correctly: I was told my writing was only "acceptable." I read this sentence on some blog, and feel that since this is not a actually a dialogue, the period must come after the quotes; as, I was told my writing

If I had wrote written , "Thanks everyone. I contacted Jim, and he gave me the answer I needed." would the sentence in the quotation marks be right? Looks OK to me. CJ

One more question if you don't mind. If I had wrote, "Thanks everyone. I contacted Jim, and he gave me the answer I needed." would the sentence in the quotation marks be right?

Quotation marks. When quotations or parenthetical remarks are a part of a larger sentence, logical style manuals tell us to put any punctuation inside if it goes with the material inside and outside if it punctuates the entire sentence. Some