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Q No one saw you; is that correct? A No. Q "No," it's not correct? Or, "No," no one saw you? Happy punctuating! Margie

Jim Barker, September of 2014, was asked this question: "Do you quote when you can't see the quoted material and you don't know if they really read it verbatim?" Jim's response: "Absolutely. An...

...Did he say things like "I'm not going to keep it " or "I want to sell it " or "I want to lease it out"? Or what did he tell you? No comma after "like" because it is a preposition and the senten...

No matter what you might see in the headline of a major newspaper or on the Internet, it is NEVER correct to use single quotes alone. Single quotes always occur inside of double quotes. Happy punc...

...He said, "I have never seen him in my life." ...She said, "You may not access those files." ...He said something like "I have never seen him in my life." ...She said something to the effect of ...

When a person repeats only a part of the original statement, quote only the part that was in the original. ...to wait for a later to be discovered piece of evidence. Object to the foundation for t...

There is no rule that the dash must be inside or outside the quotes. Either way works. ...He was always saying, "You have to be here on -- " he was always preaching to us about everything. In thi...

I am BACK!! I hope your holidays were glorious. Mine were lovely even though I was really down and out sick with a throat "thing." I think that, after almost three weeks, I am finally getting bett...

The rule is that the first word of a quote is capped if it begins a grammatically complete thought or anything that stands for a complete thought. Otherwise, it is lowercase. ...Q Where were you ...