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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

punctuation

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) My mother bought a book (, )'/" The Magic Brush" / ' .02br
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02i 02br 02br 00You can use either a comma, a colon or a dash to introduce the title. 0-

— Conchita57

  • 02i 02br 02br 00You can use either a comma, a colon or a dash to introduce the title.
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0(a) 01i00My mother bought a book, '/"The Magic Brush"/'.02i02br
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00You can use either a comma, a colon or a dash to introduce the title. Both single or double inverted commas are fine.02br
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00(b) 01i00My mother bought a book named 'The magic'.02i02br
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00No commas are needed here.0-
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01cite10Conchita5712cite10(a) 11i10My mother bought a book11font11font10,12font10 12font10The Magic Brush.12i12br
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10(b) 11i10My mother bought a book11font10: 12font
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0 Yes, that's what I meant. And yes, to my knowledge, inverted commas (quotation marks) can be omitted in this case.0-
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0 why they have to omitted? inverted commas (quotation marks)? they are not suitable for using the title of the book? how about the title of movies? 0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10why they have to omitted? inverted commas (quotation marks)? they are not suitable for using the title of the book? how about the title of movies?12blockquote
10You had asked if it was okay not to use inverted commas. My reply was that you 01i00can. 02i00This doesn't
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0That mean, inverted comma can be omited if you don't want to use. Am I right?02br
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00how about sentence below:02br
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00(a) My mother bought a book01font00 02font00The Magic Brush. 02br
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00Is that correct? Is that what you mean? 0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10That mean, inverted comma can be omited if you don't want to use. Am I right?12br
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10how about sentence below:12br
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10(a) My mother bought a book11font10 12font10The Magic Brush. 12br
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10Is that
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