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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
two questions on these sentences
Hi,
I was looking at the grammar book named "Painless Grammar" by Rebecca Elliot, PhD," and in it, it had these sentences. I wish for your answers to my questions.
1. My mom loves to use the saying "every dog has its day."
2. It is a common "goof goof" to overuse quotation marks in an attempt to be "qute" and clever, drawing attention to certain words in a "ha-ha" or sarcastic ("gimme a break") way.
My questions:
1) Why the quote is not capitalized in the first sentence like "Every dog has its day"?
2) What is the rules regarding the use of hyphens for phrases or clauses in quotes?
eg,
in a "ha-ha" or sarcastic ("gimme a break") way
in a "forever-young" way
Sorry if my questions are too borad.
I was looking at the grammar book named "Painless Grammar" by Rebecca Elliot, PhD," and in it, it had these sentences. I wish for your answers to my questions.
1. My mom loves to use the saying "every dog has its day."
2. It is a common "goof goof" to overuse quotation marks in an attempt to be "qute" and clever, drawing attention to certain words in a "ha-ha" or sarcastic ("gimme a break") way.
My questions:
1) Why the quote is not capitalized in the first sentence like "Every dog has its day"?
2) What is the rules regarding the use of hyphens for phrases or clauses in quotes?
eg,
in a "ha-ha" or sarcastic ("gimme a break") way
in a "forever-young" way
Sorry if my questions are too borad.
Top answer
1) It is not capitalised as it is not starting a new sentence, nor is it a proper noun. There is not requirement to start quotes with a capital letter. 2) There is no special rule for hyphens inside quotes.
- 1) It is not capitalised as it is not starting a new sentence, nor is it a proper noun.
- There is not requirement to start quotes with a capital letter.
- 2) There is no special rule for hyphens inside quotes.
- Just use standard hyphen rules.
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1) It is not capitalised as it is not starting a new sentence, nor is it a proper noun. There is not requirement to start quotes with a capital letter.
2) There is no special rule for hyphens inside quotes. Just use standard hyphen rules.
2) There is no special rule for hyphens inside quotes. Just use standard hyphen rules.
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