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English Grammar and Usage Problems => Badly Written, Badly Spoken => Topic started by: Miss Mae on September 03, 2012, 02:15:14 PM

Title: Quoting quotes
Post by: Miss Mae on September 03, 2012, 02:15:14 PM

As the saying goes, when there's a will, there's a way."

Both its writer and I am not sure if a quotation mark should be placed there!

Title: Re: Quoting quotes
Post by: Mwita Chacha on September 03, 2012, 04:45:02 PM

Quote from: Miss Mae on September 03, 2012, 02:15:14 PM

As the saying goes, when there's a will, there's a way."

Both its writer and I am not sure if a quotation mark should be placed there!
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