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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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4635All of these silly quotes including false quotes. ;)Neeka-10/9/2021
4634And what about "air quotes"? Or scare quoted?DMaA-10/9/2021
4633Quote, unquote or quote, end quote?Neeka-10/9/2021
4632There is a distinct difference between "could care less" and "couNeeka29/30/2021
4631Is it "quote - unquote" or "quote - end quote?" (I always usNeeka-9/30/2021
4630I always thought square quotes delineated quotes within a quote.Neeka-9/30/2021
4629Thanks for posting that. It is perfectly sensible and suggests the "rules&Valuepro19/30/2021
4628Well, you’ve always been a little like “that.” <g>SmoothSail-9/30/2021
4627My opinion about "scare quotes" is it looks smart when I use them but DMaA19/30/2021
4626Question: Dos so called scare quotes fit in with accepted grammar rules? And if SmoothSail29/30/2021
4625Question: Dos so called scare quotes fit in with accepted grammar rules? And iDMaA-9/29/2021
4624A River Runs Through It: The ending Posted: March 23, 2014 [graphic] The eNeeka39/29/2021
4623If anyone cares, my favorite bit of creative writing comes from the closing paraSmoothSail-9/28/2021
4622To whom are you speaking? [Rhetorical question mentioned in jest.] By the way,Valuepro-9/28/2021
4621I always wanted to read that book but for some reason held back, it is now on orMaple MAGA -9/28/2021
4620Maybe when schools stop teaching it? They’ve already stopped teaching spelling aSmoothSail19/28/2021
4619It has been corrupted through improper usage, much like the word "literallySmoothSail-9/28/2021
4618And it applies as well to the quote marks and the period at the end of a sentencSmoothSail29/28/2021
4617English can be gigantic headache...! I enjoyed this book more than The ElementsSmoothSail-9/28/2021
4616Grammar does change over time. When can you say a rule is no longer a rule? MayDMaA-9/28/2021
4615I ran two different versions of that quote through two different subscription-baValuepro-9/28/2021
4614In all my years of school nobody taught me that rule.DMaA-9/28/2021
4613The correct way is inside the quotes except under special circumstances. It hasZen Dollar Round-9/28/2021
4612It's probably common since most people (including me) have never heard of itDMaA-9/28/2021
4611"...the classic mistake of not putting the comma inside the quote marks.&quValuepro-9/28/2021
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