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Victo Posted 16 years ago
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Exclamation Point !
In the United States, the custom is for periods to be inside the quotation marks always. In this example, the Brits would probably put the full stop inside too; what is quoted is a complete sentence and the period logically belongs to the quoted material.
Of course it may be given as an indirect quotation.
In the U.S., periods and commas go inside; colons and semicolons go outside; exclamation points and question marks go inside if they are part of the quoted material, outside if they are not.
That being said, I believe that the exclamation point (in the example below) should fall outside of the ending quote marks because it is not part of the quoted material, correct?
"I hate you!" she screamed. / "What rubbish!" he said, leaving the room.
BUT: For the last time, stop calling me your "darling little boy"!
Correct?
Thanks.
Of course it may be given as an indirect quotation.
In the U.S., periods and commas go inside; colons and semicolons go outside; exclamation points and question marks go inside if they are part of the quoted material, outside if they are not.
That being said, I believe that the exclamation point (in the example below) should fall outside of the ending quote marks because it is not part of the quoted material, correct?
"I hate you!" she screamed. / "What rubbish!" he said, leaving the room.
BUT: For the last time, stop calling me your "darling little boy"!
Correct?
Thanks.
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Hi, Yes, correct. I wonder if I am the only British person on the Forum to rather dislike being termed 'a Brit'? Perhaps, in my years of absence, British people have come to accept this term?
- Hi, Yes, correct.
- I wonder if I am the only British person on the Forum to rather dislike being termed 'a Brit'?
- Perhaps, in my years of absence, British people have come to accept this term?
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Yes, correct.
I wonder if I am the only British person on the Forum to rather dislike being termed 'a Brit'? Perhaps, in my years of absence, British people have come to accept this term?
Yes, correct.
I wonder if I am the only British person on the Forum to rather dislike being termed 'a Brit'? Perhaps, in my years of absence, British people have come to accept this term?
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