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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Quoting a quotation
I heard a statement by former president George W. Bush, and I want to make sure that I get the grammatics correct.
Which way is correct for the first quote, "My life is miserable..."
"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable, why me," and I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
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"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable, why me?" And I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
The statement is at 08:06 here,
Thank you much!
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Reagan "Skippy Holmes
Which way is correct for the first quote, "My life is miserable..."
"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable, why me," and I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
or
"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable, why me?" And I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
The statement is at 08:06 here,
Thank you much!
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Reagan "Skippy Holmes
Top answer
I'd do it this way: "I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable . W hy me ? '"
- I'd do it this way: "I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable .
- W hy me ?
- '"
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I'd do it this way:
"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable. Why me?' – and I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
"I am sure somebody out there in our country's saying, 'My life is miserable. Why me?' – and I hope they take a look at one of these vets and say, 'Hey, that person can do it; I can overcome my difficulty.'"
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Mister Micawber:
I thought about that for a moment, but I did not hear him verbally say it that way. Now that I think about it, I guess considering people are going to be reading this statement without any sort of verbal context, that might work out.
Just to be picky for anyone else who wants to use this statement, the closing quote for "Why me?" should be a single quote. (Obviou
I thought about that for a moment, but I did not hear him verbally say it that way. Now that I think about it, I guess considering people are going to be reading this statement without any sort of verbal context, that might work out.
Just to be picky for anyone else who wants to use this statement, the closing quote for "Why me?" should be a single quote. (Obviou
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Not picky at all. Sorry for the typo; I have repaired it.
As far as hearing how he said it: people do not speak with punctuation, but if you read it with a comma, it sounds like a robot speaking. There is not enough break between phrases.
As far as hearing how he said it: people do not speak with punctuation, but if you read it with a comma, it sounds like a robot speaking. There is not enough break between phrases.
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