By Commas, Quoting

Scribbler wrote: What about in a sentence such as: But ultimately, he said, “success really does build success.” (Same as stated below.) or Ultimately, he said, “the war machinery that uses force will benefit more in the long term,” stressing that it must be considered how the people...

Hi, Where would the commas be (if any) in this sentence? -- The quote "Romance at short notice was her specialty" shows that she is rather skilled at making up stories like these. The term 'quote' is an informal versionof the word 'quotation'. I suggest that you use the full form, since you...

Hi Zerox As far as I know there is no rule in quoting texts. You can either use three full stops or just a single one. For example, in the short story The Book of Sand, Borges cites a fragment of George Herbert's poem "The Collar" ... thy rope of sands... using three full stops twice between...

I couldn't find any info on this on the Internet, so I ask it here. I'm doing an essay and I want to add a quote in the text. However, I do not desire to quote the whole sentence, that is, I wish to quote only the things before a comma and not the things after the comma. I just can't remember how...

I find these rules at http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp very helpful. Rule 1 ...

If it dialogue, I would insert a comma after says, but where, as in your example, it is quoting what someone says, I would omit it.

Anonymous wrote:Would it be, "I was a contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionare?". I'm asking if the period following the sentence is nessacary in both AP and "universally accepted" style. Thanks.This is correct. Firstly, it is the title of a programme and the question mark is a part...

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...

i agree on that, but you see, that's cos you are directly quoting him.what if you are not?

I'm quoting from a certain grammar book: Parenthetical Expression: Use a comma to set off expressions which interrupt the flow of the sentence. > If it were up to me, however, the trip would be cancelled. > Mary Ann, as you know, has offered to baby-sit. > Jackie, on the other hand,...