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Grammarholic Posted 11 years ago
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Big debate at work ... AmE
Big debate at work. In AmE, I'm told that the commas—albeit weird-looking—go inside the quote marks as shown below. This, of course, is the alternative to italicization. Yes or no, please: Is the example below correctly punctuated (with the commas inside the quote marks as shown) after each Latin abbreviation that ends with a period? Thank you.....
The abbreviations “a.m.,” “p.m.,” “et al.,” and “etc.” were deleted from the passage.
The abbreviations “a.m.,” “p.m.,” “et al.,” and “etc.” were deleted from the passage.
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Grammarholic In AmE, I'm told that the commas—albeit weird-looking—go inside the quote marks as shown below. That is the ruling of most AmE style guides, yes. I never follow it.
- Grammarholic In AmE, I'm told that the commas—albeit weird-looking—go inside the quote marks as shown below.
- That is the ruling of most AmE style guides, yes.
- I never follow it.
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Grammarholic In AmE, I'm told that the commas—albeit weird-looking—go inside the quote marks as shown below.That is the ruling of most AmE style guides, yes. I never follow it.
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Mister Micawber,
You would do this?
The abbreviations “a.m.”, “p.m.”, “et al.”, and “etc.” were deleted from the passage.
You would do this?
The abbreviations “a.m.”, “p.m.”, “et al.”, and “etc.” were deleted from the passage.
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GrammarholicYou would do this?The abbreviations “a.m.”, “p.m.”, “et al.”, and “etc.” were deleted from the passage.I most certainly would not. Too much punctuation makes Jack a dull boy.
The abbreviations “am”, “pm”, “et al”, and “etc” were deleted from the passage.
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Would you eliminate the stops in the following as well? Thank you
The abbreviations "ie", " eg", and "Mr" were deleted fro
The abbreviations "ie", " eg", and "Mr" were deleted fro
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GrammarholicWould you eliminate the stops in the following as well?Probably just the third one.
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Thanks, Mister Micawber. So, preferentially, you like the stops in "i.e." and "e.g.". <----period correct here at the end of sentence?
In running text, midsentence, do you personally follow I.e. and e.g. with commas?
I guess where my confusion lies is why you eliminate stops in am/pm and not in i.e. and e.g.
In running text, midsentence, do you personally follow I.e. and e.g. with commas?
I guess where my confusion lies is why you eliminate stops in am/pm and not in i.e. and e.g.
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