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Comment by Cindy Clark on September 17, 2012 at 10:53

I can honestly say I have never seen this one before!  Oh my...

I notice Anna -- she gave Anna a big birthday party for getting her citizen- -- you know -- -ship.

This would be my best guess, but it sure looks ugly!

Comment by Janiece Young on September 17, 2012 at 10:02

How would you format this???  He's saying the word "citizenship" but he interrupts it with "you know."

Thanks,

Janiece

A. I notice Anna she gave Anna a big birthday party for getting her citizen- ,you know, ship.

Comment by Janiece Young on September 16, 2012 at 8:20

Thanks, Kathy and Cindy.  That's what I thought.

Comment by Cindy Clark on September 16, 2012 at 8:17

HI Janiece.  If you will be printing in ASCII, which I hear won't do italics, then quotation marks are the next best thing.

Comment by Kathy Langstaff on September 15, 2012 at 16:28

According to Morson's, they should be italicized.

Comment by Janiece Young on September 15, 2012 at 15:58

I can't find my reference book.  Are movie titles supposed to be in quotation marks?

Thanks,

Janiece

Comment by Cindy Clark on August 20, 2012 at 7:41

I would say yes.  In Bad Grammar/Good Punction, on page 305, Capitalization.35:  Capitalize the titles of the departments that comprise the President's Cabinet, including the name of the department and the word department when it stands alone.

I think that is a Treasury issue.
It is within the Department policy.

Comment by Janiece Young on August 19, 2012 at 7:25

Would you capitalize "Treasury" when they are talking about "Treasury bonds"?  Sometimes they just say "Treasury."

Thanks

Comment by Cindy Clark on August 3, 2012 at 15:09

Hi Christina.  Here's my take on this.  First though, you have it right!

 

Under this paragraph it says, "While it may be commonly..."

There is no comma after "under this paragraph" because it is a short, specific, introductory prepositional phrase.  If it was contrasting (like "above all," "as usual," "in any case") then a comma would be used.

 

And I believe the reason you couldn't find anything specific about the comma after "says" is because it doesn't matter whether or not you are quoting an individual or specific material, "it says" is a lead-in phrase that requires a comma before the quote.

 

Secondly, don't ever think that any question is not worth asking.  We all want to get it right, so all this proves is that your work is important to you!

Comment by Janiece Young on August 3, 2012 at 14:51

I don't have a rule cite for you but I am sure you do not surround "it says" with commas.  I would put a comma after "it says"

Under this paragraph it says, "While it may be commonly believed...blabblahblab."

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