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Re: 'Sally asked me to complete 1 exercise ... Essentials of Writing

Mister Micawber — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:39:46 GMT

Do we only use inverted commas to quote?

What do you mean precisely by an 'inverted comma'? If you mean the marks that I have placed around 'inverted comma', then those serve as informal quotation marks, as quotation marks within quotation marks, and as apostrophes.

Do we italicize blog names and website names?

Do blogs or websites have definitive names? How does one identify the correct name? I suppose I would use italics if I were typing.

Re: how to make it a plural

Anonymous — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:13:54 GMT

Thank you, Mr.M.

Why did you choose to attach an 's' to both of them? I think the logic is that an apostrophe is used when there is a danger of confusion,as in '4's'. I think quotation marks are not necessary since normally you use either a pair of quotation marks or a hyphen when highlighting (Is this a right word for this context?) words that are not lifted (quoted??) out of someone's writing.

Re: Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Yoong Liat — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:30:31 GMT

Anil17

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

A full stop after 'sorry', as indicated in brackets. An apostrophe between n and t in can't. A comma after 'now'.

Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Anil17 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:11:39 GMT

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

what a strange trunk exclaimed john whose is it its captain hardys replied his uncle dick I ll tell you about it if youve time to listen im very sorry I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two o clock may I call again later in the afternoon

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry, I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Belly — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:57:20 GMT

Mister Micawber wrote:

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

Hi,

Actually, in sentence one, the thing I want to ask is:

If you can imagine, when inundations come to one province, people of other provinces donates food, drink, money etc (I'm still confused when can we use plural or singular for food and drink here).... and they pack them all in packages which is then sent to the poor province... What can we call that?

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Mister Micawber — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:38 GMT

1) What can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when there is a catastrophe happens? -- (Emergency) Aid packages? Air drops?

2) About punctuation, should we punctuate before or after the : She told me," I want to go out. " or She told me," I want to go out".) -- Most American punctuation guides place the full stop (or period) invariably inside the quotation mark, while British guides place it inside or out depending on the part to which it is applicable. I think. Or is it the other way around? Anyway, there is contention, sometimes heated

" = quotation mark

, = comma

' = apostrophe

/ = slash or backslash

) = parenthesis (AmE) or bracket (BrE)

# = number sign, pound sign, octothorpe

? = question mark, interrogation point

! = exclamation mark/point

There are probably other names as well.

Do I need two )) here or just one? -- Two, but it would be better to rearrange the sentence to avoid the duplication; it is unattractive.

How to punctuate poem verses

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:08:22 GMT

Hi there

Not to sure if I have psoted this question already. My PC rebootted as I submitted my question. Here it is again:

Re-write the following as four lines of verse, putting in capitals, quotation marks and punctuation marks:

come back come back he cried in grief across the stormy water and i ll forgive your highland chief my daughter o my daughter

"Come back, come back," he cried in grief,

Across the stormy water,

"And I'll forgive your Highland Chief"

"My daughter o my daughter." (does daughter need to start with a capital, and does "o" need an apostrophe)

English unusual case punctuation

Powderdog — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:15:42 GMT

At Mt. Rose Ski Area there is a sign at the entrance listing some rules forbidding bringing in alcoholic beverages, etc. The sign says, ROSE NO'S and then lists what is forbidden. I say there should be no apostrophe between the O and the S as that makes NOS possesive which, of course, is an absurdity. I say that NOS should be enclosed in quotation marks indicating that it is understood that it is not strictly proper but, rather, is being used in a fanciful way. The sign should read like this:

ROSE "NOS":

NO ALCOHOL BROUGHT IN, BLA, BLA,BLA

ETC, ETC

Am I right?

genitives

Believer — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:26:03 GMT

Hi,

I think there are different classifications to the general term called the 'genitive'.

These are few things I know about the genitive:

There is the possessive genitive where the notion of possessiveness is manifested. Then, there is a classifying genitive where the part in apostrophes is acting as a modifier or adjective like in 'a girl's school' or 'a learner's manual'.

I think CalifJim mentioned that for possessive cases, the following equation would work well.

the dog's bone -- the bone of the dog

a dog's bone -- the bone of a dog

But this test wouldn't apply for what I call the 'classifying genitive' (should I put quotation marks for the too like this 'the classifying genitive'? How could I know how and when to put quotation marks correctly for the situations like this?), would it?

a Learner's manual -- applying the forementioned test, it would be (if I am right) 'the manual of a Learner' and that wouldn't seem right.

a girl's school -- applying the same test, it would be 'the school of a girl' and that doesn't seem right.

So, only for those cases showing possession are good for the test, right?

Re: proofread please

Feebs11 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:49:15 GMT

In dialogue, punctuation goes inside the quotation marks: "I know," he replied, "but I got lost."

Quoting titles - either underline, or italicize, or put into quotation marks.

You need to go through and check - there are many missing quotation marks and some missing apostrophes. Why do you put quotation marks round [Cara said]?

In your second passage, you have over-punctuated. Most of these sentences do not need commas.

Search results for 'tag:Apostrophes tag:Quotation marks' matching tags 'Apostrophes' and 'Quotation marks'

Re: 'Sally asked me to complete 1 exercise ... Essentials of Writing

Re: how to make it a plural

Re: Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

A full stop after 'sorry', as indicated in brackets. An apostrophe between n and t in can't. A comma after 'now'.

Help with Punctuation - Part 3

Hi can someone please approve my answer to the following punctuation exercise. My punctuation marks answers are highlighted in red font.

Re-write the following, putting in capital letters, punctuation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks:

what a strange trunk exclaimed john whose is it its captain hardys replied his uncle dick I ll tell you about it if youve time to listen im very sorry I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two o clock may I call again later in the afternoon

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry, I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

Re: 1)How can we call the package that helicopters throw on the land when t

How to punctuate poem verses

English unusual case punctuation

genitives

Re: proofread please

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry,(.) I can't stay just now, for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â

âWhat a strange trunk!" exclaimed John. âWhose is it?â

Itâs Captain Hardyâs,â replied his Uncle Dick. âIâll tell you about it if youâve time to listen.â

âIâm very sorry, I cant stay just now for I must be back at school by two oâclock. May I call again later in the afternoon?â