By Resume, Quotation marks

Thank you, Clive. I found my writing left much to be desired and I made some effort to self-correct. I still don't know how to cut and paste, so I am going to rewrite the whole thing. Thank you, Clive. I am not trying to circumvent (this word doesn't seem to fit in this context so I will...

I think GG said in a post that American style guides put commas and periods inside the quotation marks, always. OK. Does that mean they are to be followed regardless how short or long the ones in quotation are? eg, ... such as 'a,' 'an,' or 'the.' How about if I use double apostrophes, is the...

Thank you. So for the cases below, commas will be placed inside the quotation marks, no matter how short the content in quotes is. Is this right? I found the following partical sentences from the Collins/Cobuild Compact English Learner's Dictionary, which I presume is published?? by a British ...

When you are quoting a word or a phrase or a sentence or using the word/phrase/sentence quoted , is your only option is to put it in quotation (in quotation marks)? Can I slant it when will it be OK?'Slant it' means put it in italics, I presume. If you are writing a formal paper, stick to...

1-- yes2-- yes3-- yes4-- yes5-- probably6-- I presume you mean the phrase in quotation marks. I would hyphenate How-to-do when it is an adjective.

These are really not good words with which to begin a sentence-- they are conjunctions which suggest a close relationship with what precedes-- so please me cautious in doing so. In your examples: 'So, in fact and in all truth, the' -- the comma placement is fine, but the 'in fact and in all...