[PW] Re: ?punctuation question
Joanna McRae
jo.mcrae at gmail.com
Tue Jun 20 04:07:58 PDT 2006
Hi John, I would only use one, after the question mark (outside the
quotation marks).
Jo
On 6/20/06, John Henderson <jhenderson at ithaca.edu> wrote:
>
> Scouring grammar books and web sites, I can't find a definitive answer
> to this question of punctuation.
> Where would you add the commas in this sentence:
> When I've been asked the question "What did your father do in the war?"
> my reply has been "He tasted butter."
>
> John Henderson
> Ithaca College Library
> jhenderson at ithaca.edu
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