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Re: Punctuation within quotes?

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:06:53 GMT

These punctuation marks (the British call them inverted commas) come in two forms, double and single. The double quotation marks (opening â and closing â) are used to enclose the words of a direct quotation: She said, âIâll never see you again.â (They are never used in indirect quotation: She said sheâd never see him again.) They are also used to enclose words or phrases quoted from others or words that may be slang or that are in some other way being used peculiarly: The speaker tried to put a favorable âspinâ on his denial. The âpacification planâ was in fact simply a euphemism for a bloody conquest. But be sparing: most editors discourage the use of such quotation marks for effect rather than for a substantive reason, and overuse of these marks in any writing is affected.	1
Convention also calls for double quotation marks around the titles of short stories, short poems, short musical compositions, and the names of plays, chapters in books, and radio and television programs: Frostâs âThe Road Not Taken,â âEye Witness News.â (Titles of longer works usually require italics instead, and sometimes the decision is arbitrary or simply conventional: books of the Bible, for example, are almost always italicized rather than placed in quotation marks, and the same is true of the titles of Shakespeareâs plays.)	2
A key problem with quotation marks is which other marks of punctuation go inside the closing quotation mark(s) and which belong outside. In the United States, most stylebooks and most editors follow these rules: periods and commas belong inside, colons and semicolons outside. Other marksâquestion mark, dash, and exclamation point, for exampleâgo inside when they belong with the quoted material, outside when they belong to the main sentence. British editorial conventions differ.	3
When quoting a long passage of two or more paragraphs, the usual procedure in written American English is to use no quotation marks and instead to set off the entire passage of quoted matter by indenting it. If you decide to use quotation marks instead, however, the usual procedure is to begin each paragraph of the long quotation with quotation marks but to use a closing quotation mark only at the end of the final sentence in the quoted passage. In any event, use only one of these methods with any given quotation. See also POETRY.	4
British publishers frequently use single quotation marks (opening â and closing â) where Americans use double quotation marks. In American writing, however, single quotation marks are restricted mainly to enclosing a quotation within a quotation: The dealer said, âIâm sorry, I thought you said âI pass.ââ Note that a period goes inside both final quotation marks when the two quotations end together.

anyone help me correct the composition

Ooh_vincent — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:24:57 GMT

Keep a thoughtful mind

To enrich our knowledge , we try our best to learn everyday. Learn how to be a good man, how to think, how to deal with troubles, how to succeed. It occurs to me that an old man told me to keep a thoughtful mind all the time if I want to learn more and succeed.

As a college student, we should keep a thoughtful mind. Every day we are learning, but it seems that we donât really make sense of what we have learned. We just know how much we have learned. Frequently, we just follow our teachers and professionsâ views or steps. And sometimes we absolutely identify with what they say. Then we keep silent. As a result, sometimes we may lose our imagination, our thoughtful and original mind. Of course, our teachers may have had a point. But it is terrible if we remain to keep silent and do nothing. Why canât we break silent? We trace the causes. Eventually we find it out. Because we donât always keep a word in our mind, that is an âwhyâ. When we listen to our teachers ,we are always too lazy to think deeply. In that case, we canât bring about something new.

As far as Iâm concerned, I think the most importance for us is to solve our problems immediately. We should have the courage to think in every measure, to have our own view points. If we have problems or we donât understand the arguments, donât be afraid to ask âwhyâ. Try our best to solve and explain the difficult problems. Remember, a thorough thinking can make indefinite things fall into place.

In brief, keeping a thoughtful mind is crucial to learners, especially us. It is like vitamins in a way which help us become more healthy and stronger. Everyday we just add a question mark to an argument, and then we trace the causes and reasons. That will help us a lot. In order to learn more and enlarge our knowledge, we should keep a thoughtful and creative mind every moment. Maybe we can become smarter and smarter day by day. Of course, our novel view points also can capture the imagination of others.

help me to correct the composition

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:18:19 GMT

Keep a thoughtful mind

As a college student, we should keep a thoughtful mind. Every day we are learning, but it seems that we donât really make sense of what we have learned. We just know how much we have learned. Frequently , we just follow our teachers and professions â views or steps. And sometimes we absolutely identify with what they say. Then we keep silent. As a result, sometimes we may lose our imagination, our thoughtful and original mind. Of course, our teachers may have had a point. But it is terrible if we remain to keep silent and do nothing. Why canât we break silent? We trace the causes. Eventually we find it out. Because we donât always keep a word in our mind, that is an âwhyâ. When we listen to our teachers ,we are always too lazy to think deeply. In that case, we canât bring about something new.

Re: that of "Japan" or "Japan's"?-a quick question...

mogumo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:50:56 GMT

Sorry I didn't make myself clear. (first time user)
those question marks were my question marks, not the sentences'. Thanks for your reply. So the second sentence is gammatically wrong then? (Your future will be tied up with that of Japan's.)

Re: handle/hit

CalifJim — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:32:17 GMT

Can you handle ...? Do you feel capable of doing the exercises?

Can you cope with ... ? This is somewhat unidiomatic to my ear. We "cope with" situations that distress us in some way, like having too much work to do with unreasonable deadlines. We don't usually use the words "cope with" for lessons, exercises, tasks, duties, etc. Well, I don't, anyway.

And, as changed above, I would use can, not do.

______

She didn't hit upon the idea of ...

It seems all right to me. But I don't know why you have a question mark at the end.

Re: need some guidance

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:26:23 GMT

Hello,

Do you still need grammatical help? My background is Teaching English of Other Languages. I am interested in partnering with your company.

Sincerely,

Tonya N. Jefferson

CEO

P.S. Here is what you posted. Here are my corrections... Global IT University, add a comma, front, peers, change comma to a question mark, I've always had problems in these areas, add a question mark, e-mail was omitted, I'm, grammatical (the 2nd time), you

Hello,

I work for a company called global It University. I am only 29 years old and I have worked my way up into the position of Director of Business Development. I have been struggling with sending out emails to important clients and getting messages back letting me know I have grammatical errors in my email. This is embarrassing, especially in from of my piers.

Is there a website or company that can look over my emails before I send them out? How should I handle this? My education in this areas I always had trouble with.

What should I do? I need guidance bad. I almost lost a major deal because of this.

My email is and our website is ***** I'm also afraid I might have made some gramatical errors on our website as I was in charge of creating that as well.

Please help!

Thank yuo

Re: Did you know?

Feebs11 — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:49:10 GMT

The first is correct. "Did you know" is a past tense. The present tense would be "Do you know". It is a question, so you need a question mark.

You could also say "Did/Do you know that I am intending/I plan to buy an iPod Touch?"

Did you know?

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:35:24 GMT

Which sentence is correct? and why please? I think the second sentence is correct because when you use the word "did" the verb must be in present tense. Do I put question mark after the sentence?

Did you know that I bought an iPod Touch?

Or

Did you know that I buy an iPod Touch?

Re: are these sentences correct? Thank you

Clive — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:46:24 GMT

Hi,

Are these sentences correct? If not can you tell me why? Thank you very much tutor/tutors.

Remember what dad said, Dad said you can't go to the party that late at night.? Do I put question mark or a period?
Remember what Dad said? Dad said you can't go to the party that late at night.

Who sings this song? The questioner thinks it's one person.
or Who sing this song? The questioner thinks more than one person sings it.

He never kicks her out of his house. OK

What did I say about you going to that party? I said you can't go. Do I put comma or question mark? The way you have done it is fine.

Best wishes, Clive

are these sentences correct? Thank you

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:34:35 GMT

Are these sentences correct? If not can you tell me why? Thank you very much tutor/tutors.

Remember what dad said, Dad said you can't go to the party that late at night.? Do I put question mark or a period?

Who sings this song? or Who sing this song?

He never kicks her out of his house.

What did I say about you going to that party? I said you can't go. Do I put comma or question mark?