Re: quotes and commas in lyrics

[Carl Peterson]

"\"Some" -- "day,\"" is grammatically correct. Commas and periods usually go inside the quotation mark, but other punctuation marks only if they are part of the actual quotation.

Cheers,

Carl

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:33 AM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:

Gerard McConnell <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello, the following:
> "\"Some" -- "day\"",
> produces:
> syntax error, unexpected ','
>
> and "\"Some" -- "day,\"" gets "Some-day,"
>
> however the result I want is: "Some-day",
>
> What is the correct syntax for that?

Uh, "\"Some" -- "day\"," maybe?

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David Kastrup

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