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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
What the difference between " " and ' '
0 Sometimes I see words put into standard quotation marks, and then, other times I see single quotation marks (e.g., "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings'). What is the diffrence and when should I use each type? 02 br
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00 I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since the third grade, so I am forced to teach myself. 05 0 010id 1
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00 I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since the third grade, so I am forced to teach myself. 05 0 010id 1
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, "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings'). 12 br 12 br 10 I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since the third grade, so I am forced to teach myself. 15 0 12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 10 01 font 00 Back in the the Middle Ages when I was in school, titles of books were underlined.
- , "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings').
- 12 br 12 br 10 I swear, I haven't learned grammer in school since the third grade, so I am forced to teach myself.
- 15 0 12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 10 01 font 00 Back in the the Middle Ages when I was in school, titles of books were underlined.
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- On these boards, I sometimes use 'single' quotes and sometimes "double" quotes, depending on the situation.
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01 cite 10 Anonymous 12 cite 12 br
10 Sometimes I see words put into standard quotation marks, and then, other times I see single quotation marks (e.g., "The Lord of the Rings" or 'The Lord of the Rings'). What is the diffrence and when should I use each type? 12 br
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0 G'day Anon, 02 br
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00 My English teacher told me that when quoting spoken text I should use "..." and when quoting written text I should use '...'. 02 br
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00 My English teacher told me that when quoting spoken text I should use "..." and when quoting written text I should use '...'. 02 br
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01 cite 10 Stannum 12 cite 10 G'day Anon, 12 br10 01 b
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10 My English teacher told me that when quoting spoken text I should use "..." and when quoting written text I should use '...'. 12 br
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1 b 01 font 00 My mother said, "If you ever say '****' again, you'll have no 01 i 00 dinner". 02 i 02 font 02 b 02 br
01 b 00 My mother said, "If you ever say '****' again, you'll have no 01 i 00 dinner." 02 br
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02 i 00 Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks? 02 br
01 b 00 My mother said, "If you ever say '****' again, you'll have no 01 i 00 dinner." 02 br
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02 i 00 Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks? 02 br
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01 cite 10 Yoong Liat 12 cite 11 b 11 i 12 br
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12 i 10 Should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks? 12 br
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10 I think there are other threads about that, and if I'm not mistaken, I read that putting the period inside is
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0 Yes, terminal punctuation inside the quote is American, and the rest of the world follows the logical practice of placing them outside. 05 0 02 br
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00 Anyway, the single/double quote is also, I think, an American thing - we just about NEVER use single quotes except for the quote-within-a-quote situation described by Philip. Even for a single word, I use double quotes. It'
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00 Anyway, the single/double quote is also, I think, an American thing - we just about NEVER use single quotes except for the quote-within-a-quote situation described by Philip. Even for a single word, I use double quotes. It'
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put the full stop outside of the quotation marks, it marks the end of the sentence, the quotation marks at the end of the qoute mark the end of the qoute
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