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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 10, 2021, 10:52:42 am ---Americans themselves often don't realize that canceled has only one L. Or that " should go outside of , and . That'as in the sentence below.
Ennis said he worried about "people on the pavement."
Logically, it doesn't make sense, but that's the American way! :laugh:
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You mean people drop the "t"? Is that just dialog reproducing the way people speak, rather than how they spell it?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 12, 2021, 08:39:36 am ---You mean people drop the "t"? Is that just dialog reproducing the way people speak, rather than how they spell it?
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No, I mean Americans put the quotation marks outside the period (or comma). I highlighted the t as well to make it more visible. Anyway, Brits would say "the quotation mark should go inside the period".
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 12, 2021, 11:29:18 am ---No, I mean Americans put the quotation marks outside the period (or comma). I highlighted the t as well to make it more visible. Anyway, Brits would say "the quotation mark should go inside the period".
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They also just use a single mark, 'if I remember correctly'.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 12, 2021, 12:22:24 pm ---They also just use a single mark, 'if I remember correctly'.
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Oh, I think I remember that, too. That also is more logical -- quoting a quote within a quote with two marks.
Plus it takes up less space. Newspapers use ' in headlines for things that would be " in the story itself.
Sason:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 12, 2021, 04:43:50 am ---Had my second shot yesterday. I went with the Biontech (Pfizer) vaccine, even though my first shot was AstraZeneca.
So far only a sore arm. I hope it stays like that.
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Great news, Chrissi!
I felt such a relief after my second shot, you probably do too.
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