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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Quotes in a Question that is a Reply with Repetition

"I know a dog when I see one," she said.
"A dog?! Who you callin' 'a dog'?" he replied.

Are those single quotation marks around the second "a dog" necessary, and, if so, should there also be quotes around the first one?

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Snarf Are those single quotation marks around the second "a dog" necessary? I wouldn't say so, no. And if you did use quotation marks, they would go around just dog , not including the article.

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  • Snarf Are those single quotation marks around the second "a dog" necessary?
  • I wouldn't say so, no.
  • And if you did use quotation marks, they would go around just dog , not including the article.
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SnarfAre those single quotation marks around the second "a dog" necessary?
I wouldn't say so, no. And if you did use quotation marks, they would go around just dog, not including the article.
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Oh, OK. So they're not needed around either "dog" there, because there is an article in front of them?
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The second dog gets no comma, as far as I'm concerned. But if the first hound were not modified by the article, I would use quotation marks, though I'm not sure why.

"I know a dog when I see one," she said.
"'Dog'? Who you callin' a dog?" he replied.
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Aspara GusThe second dog gets no comma, as far as I'm concerned. But if the first hound were not modified by the article, I would use quotation marks, though I'm not sure why."I know a dog when I see one," she said."'Dog?' Who you callin' a dog?" he replied.
Oh, that's really interesting. I wasn't expecting you to say that. Well, what about this example, then
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SnarfShould that first "how" get quotation marks, then, in accordance with what you are saying, since it doesn't have an article in front, or is this a different matter, because it's not a noun or adjective?
No, this is entirely different.
SnarfShould that first "how" get quotation marks, …
No. I would think that "How?" is s
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