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Pavlides Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

colon or question mark

Is the question mark needed or is the colon used in the below structure?

Which stage actress once said?: Come up and see me sometime.

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I would do it like this, certainly without a colon. Which stage actress once said, "Come up and see me sometime"? The general rule is that you can't have two punctuation marks together like that.

— CalifJim

  • I would do it like this, certainly without a colon.
  • Which stage actress once said, "Come up and see me sometime"?
  • The general rule is that you can't have two punctuation marks together like that.
  • : or !?
  • ) CJ
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I would do it like this, certainly without a colon.

Which stage actress once said, "Come up and see me sometime"?

The general rule is that you can't have two punctuation marks together like that. (?: or !? or ?!)

CJ
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If the quote was very long, how would you do it?
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Joe KerrIf the quote was very long, how would you do it?
Emotion: tongue tied The same way.

CJ
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