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I Hope He’s Better at House Flipping!
How many things are wrong with this sign? First, he has not one, not two, but three sets of unneeded quotation marks. Second, he seems to have placed a hyphen before “Buy,” which I read as a minus sign. Therefore, … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fun
Tagged misplaced modifiers, quotation marks
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Ask Prof. Persnickety: Quotation Mark Query
Dear Professor Persnickety, “i have always been taught that you put the punctuation in side the quotations, but the quiz says I’m wrong. Say it ain’t so!” Yours, Quizzical about Question and Quotation Marks (QQQ) Dear Tri-Q, You were taught … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Professor Persnickety, Usage
Tagged commas, punctuation, question marks, quotation marks, quotations
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