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Quick Grammar Question
Topic Started: May 2 2007, 10:34 PM (612 Views)
Magical Gelatin
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Hey, I'm writing an essay and am getting confused with capitalization after ending a quote. Here's my sentence:

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“Nope.” That was the only response I could utter, still trying to regain feeling in my mouth.


Would I capitalize the "T" in "that"?

The same problem occurs in these next two sentences:

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“Sit down, we have to talk about this.” A majority of the attendees uttered in unison.


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“We don’t like this, and don’t want you to be involved.” My father said without giving me a chance to say anything.



Would I capitalize the first letter outside a quotation or not (the "a" in "a majority" and the "m" in "my father")? Thanks.


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This is what you would do for example #1.

"Nope," that was the only response I could utter, still trying to regain feeling in my mouth.

You put a comma after a statement in quotes.
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That looks correct, I'm looking at a book right now and thats how the author did it. I usually see something like:

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“Nope,” that was the only response I could utter, still trying to regain feeling in my mouth.



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Thanks, although "Nope." is the complete sentence. So why would there be a comma? But you would lowercase the first letter after the quotes? Thanks.
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No problem. That's just the way the english language works. Weird, right? So yeah, you lowercase the first letter of the first word after the quoted sentence. You only put a comma after a statement in quotes though, not a sentence like

"Look at that!" she yelled out.

or

"Who was that?" the boy asked.
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Thanks, so the second and third sentences have proper grammar. It just looks weird without the capital. Thanks.
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That's correct.
You need to add a comma, though.
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Is this sentence proper:

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Always watch your actions and decide with a conscious mind, as, made clear by the novel [insert name of horrible book I'm writing an essay on here]: “dangerous actions may have dangerous results”.


It's the ", as, " that I'm questioning. Thanks a lot guys!
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The second comma is superfluous.
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Ahhhh, thanks a lot.
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Hi again, just wanted to double-check on another quick grammar issue:

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...which clearly communicates the message "dangerous actions may have dangerous results".


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If they had only observed the theme, "dangerous results may have dangerous results", that accident would have never taken place.


In the first example, do I need a comma after the word message, and does the period go inside the quotation or outside the quotation? And in the second example, are the commas around the quote neccesary? I had made up the quote, it's an essay on theme, and that is the theme I came up with. Thanks so much!!!
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I think the first comma issue is a matter of style... If you have a comma before "which" then I doubt you'll need a comma there, since the reader just recently paused.

The period goes inside the quotes. Same with the comma in the second example.

The first comma in the second example is not needed. The second one is because the starting "if" statement makes it a complex sentence (dependent-independent clauses), so you need a comma before going into the independent clause.


Also, you messed up the quote the second time. The first time is "dangerous actions may have dangerous results." The second time you wrote "dangerous results may have dangerous results."


Finally, having three exclamation points is superfluous.
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