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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (1932)3/1/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 4711
 
>>>>>I believe for proper punctuation the period at the end of the sentence goes inside the quotation mark.<<<<<<

You're right.

>>>>>Why can't we turn nouns into verbs as long as the message is clear?<<<<<

We can, and we do. But some constructions just don't work. This morning I heard a worse one on CNNFN, the older guy, don't know his name, was explaining that due to technical difficulties, the scheduled guest from A.G. Edwards could not be put on, but they were "efforting it." This is now my all-time worst, even worse than "impacting it." Oh, it's hard to choose between them, maybe they tie for worst place. (See, using "tie" as a verb as well as a noun works.)
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