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Originally Posted by Last Island
Raz is right in his use of inverted commas.
See the examples.
He said, "Don't leave your car unlocked as there have been lot of stealing from cars".
"Bring me some tea."
When there is a full quote, the stop goes before the inverted commas, but when only parts of a sentence are in quotes full stop is placed after the inverted comma.
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Assalam-u-Alaikum to all,
Please go through the "The world of english language" and point only a single sentence in which full stop is used after inverted comma.
i havn't find even a single sentence in which full stop is used after inverted comma. And i found from a senior teacher that always use inverted comma at the end after the full stop or question mark. May be, i am wrong in this, so your valueable comments required...
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Originally Posted by Raz
Please rethink on
b) me is not suitable here
f) told
h) his
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Assalam-u-Alaikum
b) He said, "Bring
me some tea." is true but its better to write it as
He said, "Shall I bring you some tea." (Note: don't use "?" at the end, if used than it will be a request/order not a offer)
f) I
told that I would wait if I had been you.
No we cannot use "wished", as the person is not wishing, but telling or giving his opinion.
h) He said to me, "Do not leave
his car unlocked as there were lot of stealing from cars."
Yes both "his' and "your" can be used here.
Now your valuable comment required brother...
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Originally Posted by dr.atifrana
4. a) Below are five sentences each containing a common grammatical error. Make the necessary corrections:
i) Where was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than there was yesterday.
ii) Every one must decide for themselves what to do about it.
iii) I shouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t turn up tomorrow.
iv) Neither Farooq or Akbar are going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.
v) I compared his essay to Mushtaq’s and found them to be almost identical.
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Let me try, the solution is as:
i) Where was a very different atmosphere in the town this morning than there was
yestermorning?
Here the comparison is between this morning and yesterday's morning. so it is wrong to campare a morning with yesterday but with
yesterday's morning or
yestermorning. And second thing it is a question so we use "?"
ii) Every one must decide for
himself what to do about it.
iii) I
shall not be surprised if he
does not turn up tomorrow.
doesn’t cannot be used in css papers, we should use
does not not
doesn’t . (Reference: Exploring the world of english language page number 31)
iv) Neither Farooq
nor Akbar
is going to the wedding lunch on Saturday.
v) I compared his essay to
Mushtaqs' and found
these to be almost identical.
Here is the comparison of essays not comparing essay with a person named Mushtaq. we can also write it as
Mushtaq's essay or
Mushtaqs'
and secondly
them cannot be used here but
these or
found both of these almost identical