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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Double quotation and reference.

Hello,

I have a question about academic writing on a double quotation and a reference.

The sample sentences are as follows:

(1) The X system is "The system X is the .... users" [1]. We intend to...

(2) The X system is "The system X is the .... users."[1] We intend to...

(3) The X system is "The system X is the .... users."[1]. We intend to...

References

[1] S. Dough, "Characteristcs of....",,,

Which one among (1-3) is grammatically correct?

Is (1) acceptable?

Thank you so much.
  

Top answer

I suppose you know that they should be superscript numbers without brackets. As such, these are correct: (2) The X system is "The system X is the .. "[1] We intend to...

— Mister Micawber

  • I suppose you know that they should be superscript numbers without brackets.
  • As such, these are correct: (2) The X system is "The system X is the ..
  • "[1] We intend to...
  • [1] S.
  • " -- if the reference is an article or other short piece.
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I suppose you know that they should be superscript numbers without brackets. As such, these are correct:

(2) The X system is "The system X is the .. users."[1] We intend to...

[1] S. Dough, "Characteristics of.." -- if the reference is an article or other short piece.
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Thank you for your reply.

Could you check the following as well?

The system X is "a large-scaled system, which .... employed" [1].

Is the above wrong or acceptable ?

Thank you for your help.
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Did you read my post? Your question: "Which one among (1-3) is grammatically correct?" I chose #2.
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Did you read my question correctly? There is a difference between my post #1 and #3.

The difference is that the the former one is the whole sentence (inside the double quotation marks), while the latter one is a phrase (inside the double quotation marks).

I doubt your answer in this case, because we don't usually use a period for a phrase.
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Ah, I see. Nevertheless, the period goes inside the closing quotation mark, since the quoted phrase ends the matrix sentence:

The system X is "a large-scaled system, which .... employed." [1] We intend to...
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Thank you for your help.

I have another question. I googled the below cases, but I don't see which one is correct.

1. We have the "phrase1", "phrase2", and finally "phrase3."

2. We have the "phrase1," "phrase2," and finally "phrase3."

What is the correct sentence for 1?

Thank you very much.
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Not easy. American and British rules vary.

2. (US). We have the "phrase 1," "phrase 2," and finally "phrase 3."

2. (Br) We have the "phrase 1," "phrase 2," and finally "phrase 3".

However, I find the practices above appalling and always place such commas and periods (i.e. those following quoted single words or short phrases) outside the closi
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