Ghadah said, “I just sketched three drawings about quotations marks.”
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I hate quotation marks. For years at school I struggled with the usage of these minute yet highly specific squiggles Do they come after or before a comma? Do I capitalize the word following one, or not? Where and when do I use a period? These tiny, little marks are so specific and rule-heavy I think we should do away with them altogether. That’s quite a serious statement coming from a grammarazzo like me. But they are and always have been a thorn in my grammatical side.
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Strange, isn’t it, how doubts arise when we are called to think about something we have been happily and automatically doing for years. My understanding is, all punctuation falls within quotation marks – full stops and commas – except for full stops, question and exclamation marks when dialogue is contained within a sentence. e.g. She pressed her cold hand to her brow and muttered, “trials and tribulations” . . . Did she say “it’s spankingly good”?
Of course I’m probably completely wrong . . . I’m off to lie down after all that mental exertion.
I think you just may be wrong :). First of all…oops. Headache.
I think you’re right. The trouble is, I have absolutely no idea why.
Neither do I!
Love the quote/unquote sisters! and “grammarazzo”: ha, ha.
Thank you Mrs. D :)