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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

commas

Should a quotation within a sentence be set off on both sides by commas? The sentence is: When a small dog is overwhelmed by something, is picked up, stroked, and told, "It's ok, you're fine.", the message conveyed to the dog is something unintended.
  

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In your sentence, yes, strictly speaking, though some style manuals omit it for short, simple cases. 'OK' should strictly be capitalized.

— Mister Micawber

  • In your sentence, yes, strictly speaking, though some style manuals omit it for short, simple cases.
  • 'OK' should strictly be capitalized.
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In your sentence, yes, strictly speaking, though some style manuals omit it for short, simple cases. 'OK' should strictly be capitalized.
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Also, the period in the quotation should be deleted, and, strictly speaking, there should be a semicolon or a period after OK.
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