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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Using Colon inside Quotes?

Which is proper:

Being a "Superstar": Priceless

or

Being a "Superstar:" Priceless
  

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Well, both or neither, really, because "rules" governing punctuation aren't really "rules" in the sense that rules govening nouns, verbs and adjectives are rules. Punctuation "rules" vary considerably, often from publisher to publisher, or from newspaper to newspaper. I can tell you that QUESTION MARKS and EXCLAMATION MARKS should go within quotes if they refer to the quoted material only; outside otherwise.

— Rommie

  • Well, both or neither, really, because "rules" governing punctuation aren't really "rules" in the sense that rules govening nouns, verbs and adjectives are rules.
  • Punctuation "rules" vary considerably, often from publisher to publisher, or from newspaper to newspaper.
  • I can tell you that QUESTION MARKS and EXCLAMATION MARKS should go within quotes if they refer to the quoted material only; outside otherwise.
  • I can also tell you that COMMAS and PERIODS are usually place inside the quotes, but there are some exceptions in British English, and sometimes also when using monospaced fonts.
  • But I can't tell you a rule for COLONS, as I simply am not aware of one.
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Well, both or neither, really, because "rules" governing punctuation aren't really "rules" in the sense that rules govening nouns, verbs and adjectives are rules. Punctuation "rules" vary considerably, often from publisher to publisher, or from newspaper to newspaper.

I can tell you that QUESTION MARKS and EXCLAMATION MARKS should go within quotes if they refer to the quoted material on
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Excellent Answer!! Thank you very much!
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