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Hanuman_2000 Posted 10 years ago
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Sentence

Hello,

1. ‘Are you ready?’ ‘No, I'm not.’

2. Are you ready?. No, I'm not.

Why has the (1) been written in inverted comma?

Are the both sentences the same?

Thanks.
  

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hanuman_2000 Are the both sentences the same? #1 is correctly punctuated; #2 is not. hanuman_2000 Why has the (1) been written in inverted comma?

— Mister Micawber

  • hanuman_2000 Are the both sentences the same?
  • #1 is correctly punctuated; #2 is not.
  • hanuman_2000 Why has the (1) been written in inverted comma?
  • In #1, the single quotation marks indicate the direct speech of two interlocutors.
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hanuman_2000Are the both sentences the same?
#1 is correctly punctuated; #2 is not.
hanuman_2000Why has the (1) been written in inverted comma?
In #1, the single quotation marks indicate the direct speech of two interlocutors. (I do not like the term 'inverted comma' as the marks are completely unrelated in function.)
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Double quotation marks would also be correct in #1.
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