In Commas^x, Direct speech^x

Hi, please can u help me out in converting all the following direct speech as reported speech using the word or words given?1. someone cleaned the windown yesterday; perhaps it was Janet.( it might have)my answer for the first question goes like this..(please correct me if i'm wrong)1. It...

Hey everyone - any help with the following would be most appreciated (1) My dad always used to say, "Work hard". Am I correct in capitalising "work" in this instance; indeed, have I used the comma correctly after say? I know that in direct speech that this would be ok,...

Hello Dawnstorm,The terminology is not happy, admittedly; "middle voice" and "ergative" belong to other linguistic contexts, as has been mentioned; but I think it can be disentangled. It may be the case that "ergative" usage was once much more common in English....

Maybe the colon use is not American, but is it OK to use it?According to wikipedia (on colon usage):"segmental: introduces a direct speech, in combination with quotation marks and dashes. ..Julian Duguid, author of Green Hell (1931), starts his book boldly: “When a man yields to the urge of...

Brunces wrote:Doubt #2Sometimes, I see periods which contain direct speech within quotes. For example:The father arrived home and said, "Honey, I'm here!" and then dropped his briefcase on the couch.1) Is the writing this period correct? Shouldn't I use colon before the direct speech? I never do...

Hi, What do you mean, "I lost"? I hit the ball in first! What do you mean I lost? (Quoted from a dictionary) Why use quotation marks? It's indirect speech, isn't it? True, in that scenario. But in this one, it's direct speech. A: I had a winning position on the chess board, but I...

Hi, My English teacher has reached out of the bowels of hell and given me and a friend a project: we have to make a video project on commas in direct address.I have searched through the internet and have found little to help give a good explanation. If someone could tell me the rules for this......

ScienceNerd wrote: Okay, I'm stuck on my English homework. On my first problem it says I'm really looking forward to my Algebra class with Miss Fink. Whats wrong with that? I see nothing wrong. As you can see im not very good in English. I also have a few more questions. Whats wrong with...

Hi, Why does a comma go before the second set of quotation marks?For example:"I'm sorry Gaz, but it's just not working out," said Mandy. "It's not you; it's me."It seems arbitrary that a comma should be part of the direct speech. My character Mandy hasn't paused for breath! I'm sure there must...

Hello, all.Why does a comma go before the second set of quotation marks?For example:"I'm sorry Gaz, but it's just not working out," said Mandy. "It's not you; it's me."It seems arbitrary that a comma should be part of the direct speech. My character Mandy hasn't paused for breath! I'm sure there...