• LONG HYPHENATED NOUN

  -good-and-I-know-it, in quotes. What determines whether a situation is one that should be hyphenated or put in quotes in situations similar to ones I gave
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by anonymous 245 days ago Clauses, Quotation Marks

• Re: ..teaching the French English..

  Why do you think I didn't notice it, and why do you think it is curious? Your question makes me think that, even though you noticed the quotes, to the extent that you used them in ... of quotes
  misc.education.language.english by john briggs 2 yr 290 days ago Regards, Punctuation, Quotation Marks, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

• Re: New Season Dead Pool

  that most people volunteering "memorable" quotes and user comments are idiots, I imagine
  misc.writing.screenplays.moderated by jacques e. bouchard 3 yr 284 days ago Animals

• Re: Hello everyone !

  particularly like the hatted Ws at 129 & 130, and the hatted Ys at 133 & 134. The single quotes at 144 & 145, and the double quotes at 148 & 149 should be quite useful, as should
  uk.culture.language.english by david 3 yr 101 days ago

• Re: period ouside of quotation marks?

  , seems to be gaining favour in the USA.) Doesn't it seem silly to put quotes around a single word ...
  "quotes?" I can't believe the rule applies to question "marks"
  alt.usage.english by bill bonde the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack 5 yr 249 days ago Quotation Marks, Sentences, Countries, United States, American, Punctuation

• Re: period ouside of quotation marks?

  Doesn't it seem silly to put quotes around a single ... "quotes?" I can't believe the rule applies to question "marks". Good thing, because it doesn't. The American
  alt.usage.english by arcadian rises 5 yr 249 days ago Commas, Question Marks, Sentences, Countries, United States, American, Punctuation

• Re: Odd hyphens.

  Why the scare quotes? It is a refuge, isn't it? I don't think it improves anything. Isn ...
  , no! Not to me, anyway. Am I misunderstanding something? Don't the square quotes more clearly imply
  alt.usage.english by skitt 5 yr 232 days ago Countries, United States

• Re: Latinos or Hispanics

  (Baluchi and Pashtun). Surely if anything in that sentence deserves to be in scare quotes it's ...
  quotes. That 'Indian', on the other hand, is crying out for scare quotes. What are you
  alt.usage.english by mickwick 5 yr 269 days ago Sentences, Countries, Friendships, Asia, Speaking, Chat

• Re: Alt.Usage.Spanish.

  (SML wrote something about quotes:) No, I don't think you're picking on me. I understand your point about not getting lost in quotes. But I'm still confused. Here's my problem. I
  alt.usage.english by de781 5 yr 278 days ago Mistakes, Context

• Re: Indefinite article before a quoted content?

  Hi, I think when you put a word or phrase in quotes, it makes people notice the word or phrase ...
  dances. Mary likes dancing. There is no need to use quotes here, because neither of the words
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by clive 50 days ago Articles, Nouns, Gerunds, Dialects, Indefinite
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