Reader had a question about two venerable idioms concerning speaking out—or not. It's Monday again, and that means it's time to answer a question here on Fandom Grammar. Today we'll be dealing with lauramcewan's question, "Is….
Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal. Your IP address will be recorded. Log in No account? Create an account. Remember me. Previous Share Flag Next. Before his expedition to the Lands Beyond, Milo certainly wouldn't have described math as "fascinating.
All rights reserved. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a standard dialogue tag, a brief introductory phrase, or a dependent clause. John Conn. Hi Arnold, good question; there's always some exceptions, huh!
From what I have seen, "colons and semicolons always go outside closing quotation marks"; however, it is a more common practice to use italics for book titles, if that can ease the dilemma! Hope this helps. Best regards. Like Reply Report 1 year ago. Anthony Simard.
John Conn I confirm. Grammarly informs that a colon or a semicolon are outside quotation marks while a period or a comma are inside. Italicising always depends on the methodology you are using. MLA, for instance, would indeed italicise longer works, whereas quotation marks would be used for shorter works. Cancel Report.
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