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JJDouglas Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Commas in relation to question marks inside closing quotation marks.
Is a comma needed after the closing quotation marks in this example?
When Carroll wrote the fictitious riddle "why is a raven like a writing desk?" he never intended it to have an answer.
When Carroll wrote the fictitious riddle "why is a raven like a writing desk?" he never intended it to have an answer.
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", he never intended it to have an answer. A comma i s not mandatory, but it's a good idea in order to improve readability. Do you really need the word 'fictitious'?
- ", he never intended it to have an answer.
- A comma i s not mandatory, but it's a good idea in order to improve readability.
- Do you really need the word 'fictitious'?
- I think not.
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When Carroll wrote the fictitious riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?", he never intended it to have an answer.
A comma is not mandatory, but it's a good idea in order to improve readability.
Do you really need the word 'fictitio
A comma is not mandatory, but it's a good idea in order to improve readability.
Do you really need the word 'fictitio
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