To: JimVT
Since you're having such a slow day, this might be a good time to talk about punctuation in conjuction with quotation marks...
QUOTATION MARKS
Rule 1. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.
Examples The sign changed from "Walk," to "Don’t Walk," to "Walk" again within 30 seconds.
She said, "Hurry up."
She said, "He said, ‘Hurry up.’"
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77 posted on
02/10/2003 2:49:20 PM PST by
ru4liberty
(2 Chronicles 7:14—If my people...shall humble themselves...then will I...heal their land)
To: ru4liberty
Wow. I regularly mess that one up. "My bad!"
86 posted on
02/10/2003 2:55:36 PM PST by
TankerKC
(Analyzing Iraq requires intellectual work, spouting off about the US requires only attitude.)
To: ru4liberty; MadIvan
You are correct as far as American English goes. But doesn't British English follow different rules?
133 posted on
02/10/2003 3:33:52 PM PST by
Under the Radar
(Oops, did I forget to close my /sarcasm tag again?)
To: ru4liberty
Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks, even inside single quotes.Ayup. You are absolutely correct.
I am guilty of not proofing two of the three uses of this rule.
My bad!!!!!!!!
BTW. You appear to have left your ellipsis open.
155 posted on
02/10/2003 4:02:08 PM PST by
JimVT
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