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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Two forms of punctuation?
Hi.
Mike asked, "How do we stay competitive in today's market?".
Technically speaking, shouldn't a full stop follow the ending quote (logical punctuation) because we actually have two sentences here: "Mike said ...". and "How do we stay competitive ...?" Or should we avoid using the full stop altogether?
Thanks.
Mike asked, "How do we stay competitive in today's market?".
Technically speaking, shouldn't a full stop follow the ending quote (logical punctuation) because we actually have two sentences here: "Mike said ...". and "How do we stay competitive ...?" Or should we avoid using the full stop altogether?
Thanks.
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No. You only use one punctuation mark to end the sentence, although fivejedjon made the point the other day that if the whole sentence is a question, and the quoted speech is itself a question, it would be nice to be able to use two question marks. I agree, but that's not the rule.
- No.
- You only use one punctuation mark to end the sentence, although fivejedjon made the point the other day that if the whole sentence is a question, and the quoted speech is itself a question, it would be nice to be able to use two question marks.
- I agree, but that's not the rule.
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No. You only use one punctuation mark to end the sentence, although fivejedjon made the point the other day that if the whole sentence is a question, and the quoted speech is itself a question, it would be nice to be able to use two question marks. I agree, but that's not the rule.
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