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Victo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Please Help!!!
Which one--1 or 2? The British, I see, do it both ways. Notice the placement of the comma in both (the first part of the sentence). One way says to place the comma outside the quotes; the other says inside the quotes. Which way is it? I'm confused?
1. 'Have you any idea', he said, 'what "dillygrout" is?'
2. "Have you any idea," he said, "what 'dillygrout' is?"
Oxford says: (I don't understand what they mean.
NOTE the position of the punctuation in the following:
‘This is’, he said, ‘a very interesting book, which you should read.’ ‘This is a very interesting book,’ he said, ‘which you should read.’
*What's the difference between the 2 above sentences?
The comma is outside the quote mark, before ‘he said’, in the first case because it does not form part of the quoted sentence; it is inside the quote mark in the second case because it does form part of the quoted sentence.
Thank you so much!
1. 'Have you any idea', he said, 'what "dillygrout" is?'
2. "Have you any idea," he said, "what 'dillygrout' is?"
Oxford says: (I don't understand what they mean.
NOTE the position of the punctuation in the following:
‘This is’, he said, ‘a very interesting book, which you should read.’ ‘This is a very interesting book,’ he said, ‘which you should read.’
*What's the difference between the 2 above sentences?
The comma is outside the quote mark, before ‘he said’, in the first case because it does not form part of the quoted sentence; it is inside the quote mark in the second case because it does form part of the quoted sentence.
Thank you so much!
Top answer
’ *What's the difference between the 2 above sentences? The comma is outside the quote mark, before ‘he said’, in the first case because it does not form part of the quoted sentence; it is inside the quote mark in the second case because it does form part of the quoted sentence. Sentence 1; This is (comma outside quote mark removed) a very interesting book, which you should read.
- ’ *What's the difference between the 2 above sentences?
- The comma is outside the quote mark, before ‘he said’, in the first case because it does not form part of the quoted sentence; it is inside the quote mark in the second case because it does form part of the quoted sentence.
- Sentence 1; This is (comma outside quote mark removed) a very interesting book, which you should read.
- Sentence 2: This is a very interesting book, (comma is inside the quote mark, so it's not removed) which you should read.
- the point was to illustrate British punctuation.
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victo‘This is’, he said, ‘a very interesting book, which you should read.’ ‘This is a very interesting book,’ he said, ‘which you should read.’
*What's the difference between the 2 above sentences?
The comma is outside the quote mark, before ‘he said’, in the first case because it does not form part of the quoted sentence; it is inside the quote mark in the
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