tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post8371553537244144554..comments2023-07-19T01:13:09.713-07:00Comments on Grammar Gang: Help Nest Feature 1: Mind your p's and q'sThe Purdue and UniSA Connectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01873311749547093059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-77452789112508839702014-01-29T11:15:33.172-08:002014-01-29T11:15:33.172-08:00You would use single quote inside another quote, w...You would use single quote inside another quote, which uses double quotes.<br /><br />Example:<br />He said, "according to the English Dictionary, 'it is more prevalent in academic writing to only use the apostrophe for possession' as opposed to for plurality."<br /><br />Also punctuation goes inside the quote unless it is a question mark or exclamation point that is not part of the quote.<br /><br />Example:<br />Is the dictionary correct in stating that "it is more prevalent in academic writing to only use the apostrophe for possession"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-38100139792105572672011-01-03T13:27:17.706-08:002011-01-03T13:27:17.706-08:00In America, you definitely use the double quotatio...In America, you definitely use the double quotation marks. You also use a period (fullstop) after the abbreviation Mr.; it is also used after Mrs.,and Ms., but not after Miss.Carrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-71602694872262330062010-06-27T22:08:16.852-07:002010-06-27T22:08:16.852-07:00In Australia (at least) the trend is to minimise p...In Australia (at least) the trend is to minimise punctuation. As a trained journalist, the style I use is single inverted commas.<br /><br />This is probably an important difference, although I would be keen to hear from any US journos as to whether the double commas are still used. (Note, no 'z' in minimise :) )Andrea Duffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765014126812043135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-69770117101687150152010-06-24T08:33:26.002-07:002010-06-24T08:33:26.002-07:00I notice that in your post, when you refer to quot...I notice that in your post, when you refer to quotation marks you are using the single quote rather than the double quotation marks that are generally used in America. Is this an American / Australian difference in punctuation? Or a computer display problem?<br />In your example about the person yelling 'Help', standard American usage would be that the person yelled "Help" instead of 'Help'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com