To: Silentgypsy; Tax-chick
Thank you for The Paws of FuryStage I! (Common usage has changed since elementary school days here. Should the exclamation point go after I and should there be a comma after for? Etc. In my usage, avoiding confusion is at least as important as alleged propriety, so yes, put the exclamation point away from the capital i.
And again, in my usage, use the comma to separate the object of the quotation. It's optional, particularly in this instance, but it also helps to distinguish that you're taking the comment in a different direction.
Writing is different from speaking, but we get our clues from the way we speak. If a minor hesitation improves clarity, then it's useful.
266 posted on
10/21/2018 9:42:23 AM PDT by
NicknamedBob
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To: NicknamedBob
Thanks for the assist, Bob!
267 posted on
10/21/2018 10:01:19 AM PDT by
Silentgypsy
( “If you'r!ot part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: NicknamedBob; Silentgypsy
Imagine that your title "The Paws of Fury - Stage I" is italicized instead of in quotes:
Thank you for
The Paws of Fury - Stage I!
Now it's clear that the exclamation point would go outside the quotation marks. That's a difference between indicating a title and recording a quotation.
"Today we saw The Paws of Fury - Stage I!"
269 posted on
10/21/2018 1:44:37 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
To: NicknamedBob
“The Paws of Furry—Stage 1”
282 posted on
10/22/2018 6:29:26 AM PDT by
null and void
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