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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Put a period for a quoted clause content
Hi, do we need to put a period at the end of the quoted content?
The sentence "What he has been doing is studying" has no grammatical error, as far as I can see.
The sentence "What he has been doing is studying" has no grammatical error, as far as I can see.
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The first rule of style -- which is what governs must punctuation issues like this -- is to consider what makes what you've written as clear as possible for the reader. The way you have written this is as clear as it can be. I would write it exactly as you have it (except I would use the word "question" where you have the word "sentence").
- The first rule of style -- which is what governs must punctuation issues like this -- is to consider what makes what you've written as clear as possible for the reader.
- The way you have written this is as clear as it can be.
- I would write it exactly as you have it (except I would use the word "question" where you have the word "sentence").
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The first rule of style -- which is what governs must punctuation issues like this -- is to consider what makes what you've written as clear as possible for the reader.
The way you have written this is as clear as it can be. I would write it exactly as you have it (except I would use the word "question" where you have the word "sentence").
The way you have written this is as clear as it can be. I would write it exactly as you have it (except I would use the word "question" where you have the word "sentence").
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Thank you. Why did you want to change the word into (to?) "question" when the part looks to be a clause and not a question, although what seems to be implicit is a question in nature?
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