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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What Xaviera thought Mike said; then she quoted him
In the following sentence, we do not know whether Mike’s exact words were the actual words Xaviera thought she heard Mike say. That said, do we punctuate the end of the sentence with ( ’.” ) or ( .’” )? One or two below preferred based on these criteria? I think that No 1 below is the correct choice. Please, no suggestions to convert to reported speech.
1. Xaviera said, “I thought Mike said something to the effect of ‘The divorce is going to cost me an arm and a leg’.”
2. Xaviera said, “I thought Mike said something to the effect of ‘The divorce is going to cost me an arm and a leg.’ ”
Thank you.
1. Xaviera said, “I thought Mike said something to the effect of ‘The divorce is going to cost me an arm and a leg’.”
2. Xaviera said, “I thought Mike said something to the effect of ‘The divorce is going to cost me an arm and a leg.’ ”
Thank you.
Top answer
#2 is correct.
- #2 is correct.
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In accordance with logical British punctuation, correct (the above and below example, that is)?
We'd pretty much use only the ’.” ending if we had something like this:
“I think Larry could aptly be called a ‘philandering fool’.”
Thank you.
In accordance with logical British punctuation, correct (the above and below example, that is)?
We'd pretty much use only the ’.” ending if we had something like this:
“I think Larry could aptly be called a ‘philandering fool’.”
Thank you.
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“I think Larry could aptly be called a ‘philandering fool’.”
The period is outside the quote mark because the part in bold is a phrase.
The period is outside the quote mark because the part in bold is a phrase.
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