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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 371231" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>I am a grammar nerd as well. English major grammar nerd in fact. Tried hard to learn all the picky details most people find useless and trivial.</p><p> </p><p>I've always called it an "inner quote" or "quote within a quote." Not used otherwise as a quotation mark. I'd call the mark "single quote" if I had to give it a name, such as when an editor is reading letter by letter and mark for mark for proofreading purposes. Yes, I used to be an editor too. </p><p> </p><p>For example, Dr. Smith said, "I want you to visit Dr. Jones and tell him Dr. Williams said thinks the problem is a 'herniated disk with a specific bulge toward the right blah, blah, blah.'"</p><p> </p><p>For a teacher example, Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'I'm going to take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation'?" </p><p> </p><p>Yuck. This one is complex because question marks go outside the quotation marks unless the portion inside is a question. In this example, Mrs. Jones made a statement and did not ask a question. Johnny had the question. Compare: </p><p> </p><p>Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'Don't you realize I'll take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation?'"</p><p> </p><p>Here, Johnny and Mrs. Jones both asked questions, so the question mark goes inside both. Furthermore...</p><p> </p><p>Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'Don't you realize I'll take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation?' I'm going to be so mad at you if you cost us recess."</p><p> </p><p>Periods and commas always inside quotes, question marks and exclamations inside only if portion inside is question or exclamation.</p><p> </p><p>Are you sorry you asked yet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 371231, member: 8226"] I am a grammar nerd as well. English major grammar nerd in fact. Tried hard to learn all the picky details most people find useless and trivial. I've always called it an "inner quote" or "quote within a quote." Not used otherwise as a quotation mark. I'd call the mark "single quote" if I had to give it a name, such as when an editor is reading letter by letter and mark for mark for proofreading purposes. Yes, I used to be an editor too. For example, Dr. Smith said, "I want you to visit Dr. Jones and tell him Dr. Williams said thinks the problem is a 'herniated disk with a specific bulge toward the right blah, blah, blah.'" For a teacher example, Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'I'm going to take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation'?" Yuck. This one is complex because question marks go outside the quotation marks unless the portion inside is a question. In this example, Mrs. Jones made a statement and did not ask a question. Johnny had the question. Compare: Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'Don't you realize I'll take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation?'" Here, Johnny and Mrs. Jones both asked questions, so the question mark goes inside both. Furthermore... Johnny said to Sue, "Please get to work. Didn't you hear when Mrs. Jones said, 'Don't you realize I'll take away recess if I don't have everyone's cooperation?' I'm going to be so mad at you if you cost us recess." Periods and commas always inside quotes, question marks and exclamations inside only if portion inside is question or exclamation. Are you sorry you asked yet? [/QUOTE]
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