And I wrote the response before I'd had any caffeine for the day, so I
didn't pick up that Gerard specifically wanted "Some-day", instead of
"Some-day,"
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Kieren MacMillan <
kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi Carl,
>
> > "\"Some" -- "day,\"" is grammatical
Am 20.06.2013 16:23, schrieb Kieren MacMillan:
Hi Carl,
"\"Some" -- "day,\"" is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go
inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part of the actual quotation.
Actually, that depends on the style guide being used by th
Hi Carl,
> "\"Some" -- "day,\"" is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go
> inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part
> of the actual quotation.
Actually, that depends on the style guide being used by the particular
publication, and regional con
"\"Some" -- "day,\"" is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually
go inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are
part of the actual quotation.
Cheers,
Carl
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:33 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> Gerard McConnell writes:
>
> > Hello, the fo
Gerard McConnell writes:
> Hello, the following:
> "\"Some" -- "day\"",
> produces:
> syntax error, unexpected ','
>
> and "\"Some" -- "day,\"" gets "Some-day,"
>
> however the result I want is: "Some-day",
>
> What is the correct syntax for that?
Uh, "\"Some" -- "day\"," maybe?
--
David Kast
Hi Gerard,
isn't
"\"Some" -- "day\","
what you want?
HTH
Cheers, Jan-Peter
Am 20.06.2013 10:26, schrieb Gerard McConnell:
Hello, the following:
"\"Some" -- "day\"",
produces:
syntax error, unexpected ','
and "\"Some" -- "day,\"" gets "Some-day,"
however the result I want
Hello, the following:
"\"Some" -- "day\"",
produces:
syntax error, unexpected ','
and "\"Some" -- "day,\"" gets "Some-day,"
however the result I want is: "Some-day",
What is the correct syntax for that?
Thanks for any help,
Gerard
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