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Confusedliterarynut Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
American dialog proper usage of commas, and periods within quotes
Could someone assist with when you have two sets of dialog spoken by the same character do you use a comma within quotes? Could I show an example?
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Is the following what you mean? (I'm punctuating it as a BE speaker). My brother said 'I had a row with my boss today.
- Is the following what you mean?
- (I'm punctuating it as a BE speaker).
- My brother said 'I had a row with my boss today.
- ' The single inverted commas enclose all the words my brother said to me, and the double quotation marks within state what he said to his boss.
- AE usage is probably the opposite to that.
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Is the following what you mean? (I'm punctuating it as a BE speaker).
My brother said 'I had a row with my boss today. I told him "Stuff your rotten job!" and walked out before he could fire me.'
The single inverted commas enclose all the words my brother said to me, and the double quotation marks within state what he said to his boss.
AE usage is probably the opposite t
My brother said 'I had a row with my boss today. I told him "Stuff your rotten job!" and walked out before he could fire me.'
The single inverted commas enclose all the words my brother said to me, and the double quotation marks within state what he said to his boss.
AE usage is probably the opposite t
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It is indeed.
I said to my brother, "You stupid fool. Just last night, Dad said 'We really need the extra money you boys are bringing in. I don't know how we could get by without it.'"
I said to my brother, "You stupid fool. Just last night, Dad said 'We really need the extra money you boys are bringing in. I don't know how we could get by without it.'"
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