Re: Use of commas in quotation marks

In article <[email protected]>,
Will Dockery  <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[email protected] (The Doctor) posted:
>
>> /ERROR "unexpected byte sequence starting at index 2970: '\xF0'" while
>decoding/:
>> 
>> 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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