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Kelly Tan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
"There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him.' "
There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him'."
Which sentence is correctly punctuated with regard to the quote marks beside the "him"?
Thank you.
There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him'."
Which sentence is correctly punctuated with regard to the quote marks beside the "him"?
Thank you.
Top answer
Omit the comma after 'saying' and place the period inside all quotation marks.
- Omit the comma after 'saying' and place the period inside all quotation marks.
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Omit the comma after 'saying' and place the period inside all quotation marks.
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Many speakers of BrE would put the full stop after the final quotation marks.
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Thanks 5JJ.
Do you mean this is the way the British would punctuate?
'There is no excuse,' George said, 'for Mary's saying, "I refuse to see him"'.
What about the following way? Is it possible to punctuate it this way?
"There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him'."
Do you mean this is the way the British would punctuate?
'There is no excuse,' George said, 'for Mary's saying, "I refuse to see him"'.
What about the following way? Is it possible to punctuate it this way?
"There is no excuse," George said, "for Mary's saying, 'I refuse to see him'."
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"There is no excuse", George said, "for Mary's saying 'I refuse to see him'".
That's the way I would do it,
That's the way I would do it,
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