Re: Use of commas in quotation marks

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.

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