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.She says "What time will you be home?"She said "What time will you be home?"Neither of those are reported speech. They are both direct speech, the first spoken in the present and the second spoken in the past. Reported speech does not have quotation marks, but looks like...

.Your quotation marks confuse the issue.What is the difference between a dog and a wolf?Yes, the article is needed above.The following is also acceptable (but you might get a different answer):What is the difference between "dog" and "wolf"?.

If you mean them as words (which I conclude from quotation marks) there's no need for articles.

Hi, 1. What's the difference between "quotes" and "quotation"? Consider "To be or not to be". The words are a quotation.The enclosing inverted commas are quotation marks, but this term is informally abbreviated to quotes. 2. What's the difference between "warn" and "warn of" (verbs)? 'Warn'...

I would say "I think that next time, I can do better than I did before."Conversationally, you could say "I think next time, I can do better than before." In written, non-conversational English, the first is better. When you are writing, the difference between conversation and regular text is how...

Yoong Liat wrote:Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks?Hi Yoong,I think there are other threads about that, and if I'm not mistaken, I read that putting the period inside is common in the US, putting it outside is common in the UK. But as always, since it's more a matter...

My mother said, "If you ever say 'damn' again, you'll have no dinner".My mother said, "If you ever say 'damn' again, you'll have no dinner."Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks?

Anonymous wrote: Sometimes I see words put into standard quotation marks, and then, other times I see single quotation marks (e.g., "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings'). What is the diffrence and when should I use each type? I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since...

Sometimes I see words put into standard quotation marks, and then, other times I see single quotation marks (e.g., "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings'). What is the diffrence and when should I use each type? I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since the third grade, so I...

Both "we" and "you" have a "generalised" meaning (not literally "we", not literally "you"). However, there's always a risk that the sentences are read "literally", rather than "genreally". Even if "we" and "you" are understood as "generalised pronouns" (like "one"), the differenc still exists,...