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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Examining phrases

0Hi, I have two phrases below and wish you would answer some questions.02br
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001. uses as a "getting to know each other" game/activity02br
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00How do we know when do hypenate the phrase in quotation marks or just write them out as a person has done obviously above?02br
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00How do we decide when to capitalize the first word or letter of the phrase in quotation marks?02br
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002. a question accompanied by a follow up 01u00"why?"02u00 for reasons02br
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00 Is it OK to use a pronoun in quotation marks as a noun? Can you give me some simple instances where this kind of thing is used? Can a noun in quotation marks be preceded by some adjectives and an article? 0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 001. 02font 02br 02br 00The purpose of hyphens would be to show that these words are all related. 02br 02br 00Wrriting it without quotes as 01font 00uses as a getting-to-know-each-other" game/activity02font 00 seems like a very awkward and clumsy approach.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 001.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00The purpose of hyphens would be to show that these words are all related.
  • 02br 02br 00Wrriting it without quotes as 01font 00uses as a getting-to-know-each-other" game/activity02font 00 seems like a very awkward and clumsy approach.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00How do we decide when to capitalize the first word or letter of the phrase in quotation marks?
  • 02font 00A general guideline would be to capitalize if the words being quoted themselves originally had a capital letter.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I have two phrases below and wish you would answer some questions.02font02br
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01font001. 02font01font00uses as a "getting to know each other" game/activity02font02br
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