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English 1b3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Direct Quotes - ellipsis and square brackets
"Firstly, talk to him and see if you can come to an agreement."
a) Jim said, " ... [t]alk to him and see if you can come to an agreement."
b) Jim said, "[t]alk to him and see if you can come to an agreement."
In a) I have included ellipsis to show I have omitted words from the beginning of the sentence.
In both a) and b) I have used square brackets to indicate I have changed the letter 't' to lowercase,
What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence?
Thanks!
a) Jim said, " ... [t]alk to him and see if you can come to an agreement."
b) Jim said, "[t]alk to him and see if you can come to an agreement."
In a) I have included ellipsis to show I have omitted words from the beginning of the sentence.
In both a) and b) I have used square brackets to indicate I have changed the letter 't' to lowercase,
What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence?
Thanks!
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English 1b3 What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence? If the 't' must be bracketed as a letter that you are adding to the text, then I would capitalize it instead and forget about the ellipsis. This is obviously not an academic reference.
- English 1b3 What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence?
- If the 't' must be bracketed as a letter that you are adding to the text, then I would capitalize it instead and forget about the ellipsis.
- This is obviously not an academic reference.
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English 1b3What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence?If the 't' must be bracketed as a letter that you are adding to the text, then I would capitalize it instead and forget about the ellipsis. This is obviously not an academic reference.
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