[stylist] Philosophy discussion and question about September monthly telephone gathering

[Jewel S.]

For the rules of punctuation with quotation marks, I would suggest
checking out the book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better
Writing Mignon  Fogarty. She has a section on punctuation with
quotation marks and parathenthises, among many other quick and dirty
tips. It's a great book to reference to for quick check-up. It's
available from the NLS BARD site.

~Jewel

On 8/13/10, loristay <loristay at aol.com> wrote:
> For the most part, punctuation goes inside the end quote.  I've seen
> exceptions with question marks which are part of the greater sentence.  For
> example, if the question is totally included in the quotes, the question
> mark goes inside the quote.  If the quotes are around one or two words or a
> phrase that is not asking a question, the question mark goes outside the
> quotes.  In England they don't always agree with us, though.
>
> A good reference book is Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Trusse if it is
> available in accessible format.  otherwise, get hold of the Elements of
> Style by Strunk and White.  I know that one is.
>
> Lori
>
> On Aug 13, 2010, at 3:25:31 PM, "Jacobson, Shawn D"
> <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov> wrote:
>
> A couple of things I would like to learn about from the writing instructor.
>
> First--punctuation around quotation marks. I do a lot of technical writing
> for work, so grammar is not that much of a problem. It's just that you don't
> use quote marks much in technical writing; so I never got the hang of the
> grammar.
>
> Research--tips on doing research for stories would be helpful.
>
> Shawn
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