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Well, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that "the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule" (Strumpf and
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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ferdis
82 days ago
 Capital Letters, Commas, Punctuation, Quotation Marks, Writing, Sentences, References, Business, Career, Countries, United States, Usages, American
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Well, I can finally put this one to bed: In The Grammar Bible, which I love as a reference, it states that "the comma and the period go inside the closing quotation marks at all times. There are no exceptions to this rule" (Strumpf and
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Which is correct for phrases set off inside at the END of a sentence?
1. The most common street names are "Main" and "Park".
or
2. The most common street names are "Main" and "Park."
My
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. Both are possible grammatically, but only #1 is reputably used in business correspondence. You can say what you have written in quotation marks. .
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(newsgroups left as they were even though I dislike crossposts.) Since it is standard procedure on usenet to post articles that are quoted with the URL at the top, there ... article. I'm sure there are thousands of articles posted every single
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Can someone be kind enough to explain the meaning of "as against" in this sentence? I thought it meant 'compared ... in good faith, from denying that it had given a person power and authority to bind it to a contract". I've
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Yes, and since I am British I shall continue to use the more usual BrE term. Mr. Valentine is just blowing hot air, as usual. Much as I hate to agree with RJV, the evidence of British references, old and new, suggests that "inverted
alt.usage.english
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mike lyle
5 yr 128 days ago
Commas, Quotation Marks, Business, Friendships, Speaking, Chat, Punctuation, References, Career, Conversational, Expressions
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Yes, and since I am British I shall continue to use the more usual BrE term. Mr. Valentine is just blowing hot air, as usual. Much as I hate to agree with RJV, the evidence of British references, old and new, suggests that "inverted
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If you go to the AUE materials, CJ, and search ... I'd say that's about as good as you're gonna get. Thanks, Bob. That was actually quite helpful. For a change. BTW, Americans call them "quotation marks." I dislike calling
alt.usage.english
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de781
5 yr 129 days ago
Apostrophes, Commas, Quotation Marks, Mistakes, Business, United States, American, Usages, Punctuation, References, Career
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Yes, and since I am British I shall continue to use the more usual BrE term. Mr. Valentine is just blowing hot air, as usual. Much as I hate to agree with RJV, the evidence of British references, old and new, suggests that "inverted
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