By Punctuation, Direct speech

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...

Hello, friends.Please, which is the correct way and why? Doubt #1"color of the car" x "car color" x "car's color""leg of the cat" x "cat leg" x "cat's leg""pizza of yesterday" x "yesterday pizza" x "yesterday's pizza"I've heard that Genitive Case is used only with nouns which are "living...

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......

Hi, I guess you could do this when giving direct speech. eg He shouted 'Help!' as he fell into the river. Otherwise, such punctuation marks must come at the end of a sentence. Best wishes, Clive

(Just so I can stay in the dialogue, though I understand why you would want an English teacher's expertise on this...so would I)-- I finally grasp, (I hope), the essence of your question, which, as always, is an interesting one. I confess to not knowing of a rule. However, I think it is at...

Davkett wrote:However, the opening clause is a bit off in word order, don't you think? To me, not as confusing---and shocking--- as the one that I'm asking a question about. I mean, a period is, you know a 'period', a full stop. I thought it should indicate the end of the...

If you allow yourself to be bored, even for an hour--or less--and don't fight it, the feelings of boredom will be replaced with feeling of peace. And after a little practice, you'll learn to relax. Suppose you make the statement above an indirect speech, with, say, 'he says that'. I think...