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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation with quotations?

0 I have some questions regarding punctuation with quotations. Please comment on the following sentences.02br
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00 Jimmy picked up the wrench and stated, "this is the perfect tool!" (Comma before quoatation, exclemation point inside of quotation)02br
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00 "This is the perfect tool!", Jimmy stated (notice the exclemation within and the comma outside the quotation marks.02br
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00 The tool manufacturer states, "This tool should be used by trained persons only.", but I think that is ridiculous! (notice the first word in the quote is capitalized and the quoted sentence is a complete sentence, bu the entire sentence is only completed after the final remark, so is the [period-unquote-comma] use correct?)02br
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00Thank you for any help.0-
  

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0One small problem is that '01i 00state02i 00' does not deserve an exclamation point, so the sentences read oddly anyway. "02b 00 Jimmy exclaimed. 0-

  • 0One small problem is that '01i 00state02i 00' does not deserve an exclamation point, so the sentences read oddly anyway.
  • "02b 00 Jimmy exclaimed.
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0One small problem is that '01i00state02i00' does not deserve an exclamation point, so the sentences read oddly anyway. Here are acceptable punctuations:02br
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01i00Jimmy picked up the wrench and exclaimed, "01b00T02b00his is the perfect tool01b00!"02b00 02i02br
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I was of the understanding that, except for ! or ?, all punctuation was placed within the quotation marks whether double or single quotation marks. Help!!!
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In American style, the period or comma always goes inside the quotes. Do you have an example that you'd like help with?

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