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Re: inverted commas

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:05:09 GMT

You should use a semi colon : before quotes, not a comma. Use a comma at the end if the sentence continues. Otherwise a full stop inside the quotation marks

Thus

I thought to myself :"It is hardly a good look when they've got a Hollywood star to launch the venue."

In the case of the Coronation Street remark it makes no sense anyway as Coronation Street cannot speak, except in the Aberdeen Evening Express ! People speak.

If anything it should be -- A Coronation Street producer ( or whatever) once said :" No star is bigger than the show."

Re: What is the correct usage of the grave accent diacritical mark when used for quoting?

Tanit — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:40:06 GMT

Anonymous
I am usually not at all pedantic about my grammar usage, however, I've picked up a habit of using paired and unpaired grave accents when quoting. For example, when referring to some `thing' or ``what have you''. What is the proper and correct usage of this diacritical mark in such contexts if at all appropriate?

Hi,

I guess you're asking about inverted commas ( ' ) and speech marks / quotation marks ( " ).
If that's the case, you could start from here.

Re: Some questions

Yoong Liat — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:24:07 GMT

2)" Yes I know", Claira said

or "Yes I know", said Claira

"Yes I know," Claira said.

or "Yes I know," said Claira.

I would put the comma inside the quotation marks.

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: Speech - capitalisation

Cool Breeze — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:36:31 GMT

Sentence 1 is fine if you place the period/full stop right after hard, before the quotation mark. The comma after say is correct as well. A colon could be used instead of it and is quite common if the quotation is long.

Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is. I wouldn't put working hard in quotes at all and to have appears redundant to me. There are different ways to see and do things. If you want to write sentence 2 the way you have written it, by all means, do! I abhor uniformity.

Re: question...

Grammar Geek — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:46 GMT

The first set require a captial letter at the start of the sentence, but either way is fine.

In the second set, "he said" is more normal, but "said he" can be used for literary purposes. People just learning English may want to stick with "he said" but there's nothing incorrect about reversing the order. In American punctuation the comma would go inside the quotation mark.

Qoutation Marks with commas

Cute572 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:08:10 GMT

Hello There , I recently join this form. I have very weak english please help me out

My first question is about Quotation marks and comma inbetween them.

Would u please correct me on the following sentences ?

1- Her short story, "The Last Day of Spring", won first prize.

2- "Some laws," he intoned, "are made to be broken."

3- "Put those books on the shelves, she said, Or we'll never be able to locate them again."

4- The title of the first chapter in the new science book is "Introduction to the Planet Earth".

Re: comma before "that"

Marius Hancu — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:00:18 GMT

Search Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com

for:

"comma before that"

(quotation marks necessary)

and you'll find many pages on that

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

RegCor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:46:10 GMT

The whole situation is very confusing, and yes, in the office, we try to rewrite it to avoid the question mark/comma/quotation composition. But there has to be an answer. Being raised with the "comma always goes on the inside on a quotation mark," putting one outside looks jarring.

However, thank you, everyone, for your help!

Re: The question mark/comma/quotation mark debacle

RegCor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:45:46 GMT

However, yhank you, everyone, for your help!