Perhaps there's a difference between BrE and AmE in respect of the usage of ellipsis. Times-Chambers Punctuation Guide by Gordon Jarvie states as follows: We use three dots to indicate the omission of a word or words. If this omission occurs at

Hi, Since it's a matter of style, you can find different opinions. Here are only two. The first one tells you not to add any ellipsis points; the second one suggests using four dots: three to indicate the ellipsis, plus a period. Just choose

For american English, a period ending a sentence should always go inside the quotation marks. A question mark ending a sentence goes inside the quotation marks if you are quoting a question, outside if you are asking a question, inside if both.

In British English the punctuation goes within the quotation marks when the quotation is a complete sentence, but when the quotation is only an excerpt of the whole quotation the punctuation goes outside the quotation marks. In American English it

Yes, Nona, but I think Anonymous wants to know why the article is inside one quote and outside the other. If the original speaker used the article, it can be included in the quote, but it's always up to the writer how much of the sentence he/she

Hi, Please take a look at the sentences below. Tell me why the quoted phrase has no article in the first sentence and why the quoted phrase in the second sentence has the article. 1. Meg referred to her horse as a "magnificent white steed."

You can also use it to mean "so-called" - for example, if your friend has a very large, fancy house and invited you, you can say you want to his "finger quote" cottage "finger quote" for the weekend. It doesn't have to be sarcastic. It just means

" That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind ." Spoken at 10:56 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969 by Astronaut Neil Armstrong , the first human to set foot on the Moon. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of

Hi Anon, If it is put before the closing punctuation mark, the closing punctuation mark is left dangling, is quite irritating and shows ignorance on the part of the writer. Many Americans do follow this rule; however, many in other parts

Grrrrrrr. Thanks is spelled t-h-a-n-k-s, not t-h-a-n-x! Also, Christmas is not spelled X-m-a-s! Quotation marks at the end of a sentence should always come after the ending punctuation mark, for instance: My mother's name is "Rita."