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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Commas and quotation marks

Which is correct?

i) Then, as he yelled at his accomplice to 'ditch da cash,' the police came round the corner.

ii) Then, as he yelled at his accomplice to 'ditch da cash', the police came round the corner.

Thanks

Leigh
  

Top answer

The British will usually use ii, the Americans i.

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  • The British will usually use ii, the Americans i.
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The British will usually use ii, the Americans i.
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Thanks Mister Micawber. I wondered if it made a difference if the quotation was read in the narrator's voice as a quote or in the character's voice as direct speech?
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Anonymous I wondered if it made a difference if the quotation was read in the narrator's voice as a quote or in the character's voice as direct speech?
No, that is irrelevant.
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