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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Quotation mark
Could you tell me which one is right in the following sentences, according as your writing conventions? I'd also like to know which English you speak among BrE, Ame and so on.
1-A. How do you spell 'apple?'
1-B. How do you spell 'apple'?
2-A. How do you spell "apple?"
2-B. How do you spell "apple"?
1-A. How do you spell 'apple?'
1-B. How do you spell 'apple'?
2-A. How do you spell "apple?"
2-B. How do you spell "apple"?
Top answer
1A and 2A are incorrect in any form of English. 1B and 2B are both correct in any form of English. This is a style choice.
- 1A and 2A are incorrect in any form of English.
- 1B and 2B are both correct in any form of English.
- This is a style choice.
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1A and 2A are incorrect in any form of English.
1B and 2B are both correct in any form of English. This is a style choice.
1B and 2B are both correct in any form of English. This is a style choice.
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I found the following sentence on the internet. Is the position of quotation mark and period wrong?
Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes."
Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes."
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lucas21cI found the following sentence on the internet. Is the position of quotation mark and period wrong?Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes."This is OK in the so-called "American" style.
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Could you tell me what the difference is between [ How do you spell "apple?" ] and [ Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes." ]?
Actually, I still have some diffifulty to distinguish the acceptable American style from the wrong one...
Actually, I still have some diffifulty to distinguish the acceptable American style from the wrong one...
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I'm just a norwegian dude, but I'd definetely write *[ How do you spell "apple"? ]* and *[ Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes". ]* if I were to write these as gramatically right as possible, in english and also in norwegian too lol
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lucas21cCould you tell me what the difference is between [ How do you spell "apple?" ] and [ Press N to indicate "No" and Y to indicate "Yes." ]?Actually, I still have some diffifulty to distinguish the acceptable American style from the wrong one...The "logical" style is to put punctuation within the quotation marks only when it is logically a part of the qu
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