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 that “later to be discovered” something… Happy punctuating. Margie
Quotes
Periods and commas go inside quotes without exception; colons and semicolons go outside quotes without exception. Question marks go inside or outside quotes depending on where the question is being asked: If there is a question inside the quotes, the question mark goes inside; if there is no question inside the quotes but there is one outside, the question mark …
Punctuation to Get Out of Quotes
When there is punctuation to get into quotes, there must be punctuation to get out. In other words, if there is a comma before the quote, there has to be some mark of punctuation at the end of the quote. …He said to her, “I am not interested in your excuses,” after she was late for the fourth time in …
A Comma Before the Quote
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 better. Can you say “froggy”? The question of whether to put a comma before quotes when quoting from a document came up on Facebook. …
The Quotation Mark and Caps
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 all headed that morning? …A We were headed to work. …Q When you say, “We were headed to work,” do you mean to your regular …
Repeating for Clarification
When the same word is repeated with the same meaning, the rule is that there is a comma between the words. …It was really hard, hard to let her go. …All he does is work, work, work. …She feels a need to just talk, talk, talk all the time. When the same word is repeated for clarification or definition, for …
Periods and Commas and Quotes
Periods and commas go inside of quotes WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS in the entire language. Whether it is one word or one letter or a number or a long quote, the period and the comma go inside. …When you added the letter “s,” did it make a difference? …When she said, “You have to leave me alone,” what was your response? …
To Quote Thoughts or Not?
When someone is “thinking” and saying aloud what that thought might be, if he is using the exact wording he would use when saying it, yes, it should be quoted. …I said to myself, “Wow. I am in trouble now.” …I thought, “How am I going to explain this to him?” …I wondered, “What do I do if this car …