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ruthio

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14-01-2019, 01:20 PM

Re: Grammatical query.

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->

"The teacher", said the vicar, "is a silly ass".
The teacher said the vicar is a silly ass.

And the full stop comes after the quote because it's marking the end of the sentence.

JBR

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14-01-2019, 01:49 PM

Re: Grammatical query.

Originally Posted by ruthio ->

I think I agree with this...Place any punctuation which does not belong to the quote outside the quotation marks (except closing punctuation if the quote is also the end of the sentence)

That's if you can understand it!!

No, "I'd still place the full stop after the quotation mark".

However, I'd agree if the quote IS the entire sentence.

"I'd place the full stop, in that case, before the quotation mark."

Dextrous63

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14-01-2019, 03:56 PM

Re: Grammatical query.

Thanks for the clarifications everyone

I might just not bother with full stops at all

shropshiregirl

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14-01-2019, 05:45 PM

Re: Grammatical query.

Gawd! I tend to go with the flow when typing quotes. More than often I put the full stop before the quote, but often I am lazy and put it after the quote. I know I should do it correctly but at an age now where I don't care.