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To the grammar nazis

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Mar 13
  • 1 min read

Quotations and punctuation: Lillian still got it wrong. In New Zealand English, we use inverted commas, not speech marks. I was taught to put those after a full stop. It's still part of the sentence. It's not like the sentence stops when the quote starts. - By the way, NZ English isn't American or British English: it's Commonwealth English. That's what I picked up when working for Studiosity. - This is why I'm an editor. I've got a knack for it.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Mar 12

To me, the remainder full stop looks inelegant - 'like this'. 'like this.' - that's my preference.

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