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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Speech - capitalisation
0 Hey everyone - any help with the following would be most appreciated 02 br
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00 (1) My dad always used to say, "Work hard". 02 br
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00 Am I correct in capitalising "work" in this instance; indeed, have I used the comma correctly after say? I know that in direct speech that this would be ok, but I'm unsure as to how it all works in indirect speech. 02 br
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00 (2) My dad always used to say that "working hard" is an important virtue to have. 02 br
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00 Am I correct in not capitalising "working" here? 02 br
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00 Thanks everyone! 0-
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00 (1) My dad always used to say, "Work hard". 02 br
02 br
00 Am I correct in capitalising "work" in this instance; indeed, have I used the comma correctly after say? I know that in direct speech that this would be ok, but I'm unsure as to how it all works in indirect speech. 02 br
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00 (2) My dad always used to say that "working hard" is an important virtue to have. 02 br
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00 Am I correct in not capitalising "working" here? 02 br
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00 Thanks everyone! 0-
Top answer
0 Sentence 1 is fine if you place the period/full stop right after 01 i 00 hard 02 i 00 , before the quotation mark. The comma after 01 i 00 say 02 i 00 is correct as well. 02 br 00 Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is.
- 0 Sentence 1 is fine if you place the period/full stop right after 01 i 00 hard 02 i 00 , before the quotation mark.
- The comma after 01 i 00 say 02 i 00 is correct as well.
- 02 br 00 Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is.
- I wouldn't put 01 i 00 working hard 02 i 00 in quotes at all and 01 i 00 to have 02 i 00 appears redundant to me.
- There are different ways to see and do things.
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0 Sentence 1 is fine if you place the period/full stop right after 01 i 00 hard 02 i 00 , before the quotation mark. The comma after 01 i 00 say 02 i 00 is correct as well. A colon could be used instead of it and is quite common if the quotation is long. 02 br
00 Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is. I wouldn't put 01 i 00 working hard 02 i 0
00 Sentence 2 is fine with me as it is. I wouldn't put 01 i 00 working hard 02 i 0
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0 Thanks for your reply. I'm a bit confused about the whole period right after hard. Being in the UK, I always thought the period should go after the quotation mark in an instance such as this. Any advice on this? Thanks! 0-
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 10 Thanks for your reply. I'm a bit confused about the whole period right after hard. Being in the UK, I always thought the period should go after the quotation mark in an instance such as this. Any advice on this? Thanks! 12 blockquote10 Hmm... As I said, I abhor uniformity. However, I don't think
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