• 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 1 yr 7 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 3 yr 52 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 4 yr 46 days ago Animals

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• 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 6 yr 11 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 6 yr 10 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 359 days ago Countries, United States

• Re: Movie titles

  Old fashioned, but it works for me: Quotes for titles of short stories, movies, plays, TV ...
  of something else, use quotes.
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by philip 109 days ago Articles, Writing, Songs, Poetry, Underlining, Music

• Re: Proper grammar

  I believe the poster is following the American convention for the use of quotes. I assume ...
  to put the final question mark inside the quotes? I know about commas and periods, but I didn't
  ESL General English Grammar Questions by mr wordy 109 days ago Grammar, Commas, Punctuation, Question Marks, Countries, United States, American

• 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 6 yr 30 days ago Sentences, Countries, Friendships, Asia, Speaking, Chat
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