Re: Use of commas in quotation marks

[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:

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> 
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:
> >> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> [email protected] (The Doctor) posted:
> >>>> Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>> Daniel70 <[email protected]> posted:
> >> >> >> On 28/07/2026 9:35 pm, The True Melissa wrote:
> >> 
> >> >> >>>> [quoted text muted]
> >> 
> >>> >> >>>> "........".' bit.
> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >>> No, one period will do. Cujo was correct. If there's more
> >> >sentence after
> >> >> >> >>> the speech, you'll need another period, but in that case you
> >wouldn't
> >> >> >> >>> have one inside the quotation.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Correct. You might have a comma or whatever but, in what
> >we're presented
> >> >> >> >> with above, that was the end of what She said so end of conversation
> >> >> >> >> .... but if it was ......
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> 'She said, "I'm going to the store.", so she went out the
> >front door.'
> >> >> >> >> the situation is different.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> In fact, reading what I've put there, I'd probably prefer to
> >get rid of
> >> >> >> >> the first comma, i.e. ....
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> 'She said "I'm going to the store.", so she went out the front door.'
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> > Sorry, Daniel, but that's not right. A period marks the end of
> >an entire
> >> >> >> > sentence. What you have there is one sentence and a fragment
> >of another.
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > She said, "I'm going to the store," so she went out the front door.
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > That's a sentence correctly punctuated. British usage would substitute
> >> >> >> > single quotation marks for the doubles I've used, but it's
> >otherwise the
> >> >> >> > same on this issue. If the entire sentence were itself dialogue, it
> >> >> >> > would become this:
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > Dan said, "She said, 'I'm going to the store,' so she went out
> >the front
> >> >> >> > door."
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I'm going to the store.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I typed "I'm going to the store.".
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I *DID NOT TYPE* "I'm going to the store".
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It should be "I'm going to the store." 
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Here's a guide with examples:
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-
> >> >> >> > conventions/punctuation/quotation-marks
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> What would they know?? ;-P
> >> >> >
> >> >> >An Australian website would probably follow British usage, rather than
> >> >> >American, which has slightly different rules.
> >> >> >
> >> >> 
> >> >> AUs does not know how to spell Labour properly.
> >> >
> >> >I never noticed.
> >> >
> >> 
> >> Not to worry.
> >
> >I'm aware that spelling, grammar and punctuation rules may vary in other
> >countries, but if Miguel is posting using different rules than American
> >English grammar, then he should be able to specify what rules apply from
> >his location of posting, and lets have a look at that.
> >
> >😏
> >
> 
> Too bad Canada comprimising between the UK and the USA.

George Dance might have some insight on that, as he lives in Toronto.

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