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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
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American Way
In American English, do you concur that the examples below are correctly punctuated with the quote marks? Man, these look strange!
(1) She marked the box with a large "X."
(2) Mike said, "I love the song 'Ain't Misbehavin'."
(3) The Latin abbreviations "e.g.," "i.e.," "etc.," and "et al." were overused in his essay.
(4) The letters "a," "e," "i," "o," and "u" are known as vowels.
(1) She marked the box with a large "X."
(2) Mike said, "I love the song 'Ain't Misbehavin'."
(3) The Latin abbreviations "e.g.," "i.e.," "etc.," and "et al." were overused in his essay.
(4) The letters "a," "e," "i," "o," and "u" are known as vowels.
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goronsky correctly punctuated The debates never seem to end on this topic. Style manuals are not completely in agreement with one another. It's possible that (2) should end ...
- goronsky correctly punctuated The debates never seem to end on this topic.
- Style manuals are not completely in agreement with one another.
- It's possible that (2) should end ...
- '" The apostrophe that replaces the "g" is not likely to be accepted also as the closing single quote for the title.
- The others are probably all correct according to at least one of the many style manuals that are currently in use.
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goronskycorrectly punctuatedThe debates never seem to end on this topic. Style manuals are not completely in agreement with one another.
It's possible that (2) should end ... 'Ain't Misbehavin'.'" The apostrophe that replaces the "g" is not likely to be accepted also as the closing single quote for the title.
The others are probably all co
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