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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Verbal phrase punctuation
When a verbal phrase (not a quote, per se) is used to describe something, how is it punctuated? e.g.: She made a “what a goober” face at John as he walked by. Is my use of double quotes correct? Is her action sort of saying something, therefore it is like a quote.
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I often do this sort of thing in casual writing when I'm making up the phrase, with the quotation marks. I would also use hyphens here: "what-a-goober" face.
- I often do this sort of thing in casual writing when I'm making up the phrase, with the quotation marks.
- I would also use hyphens here: "what-a-goober" face.
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I often do this sort of thing in casual writing when I'm making up the phrase, with the quotation marks. I would also use hyphens here: "what-a-goober" face.
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