PotD: 1) Which must come first?

[Kalahari Inkantation]

2) How do you know which must come first?

[ME##]

It depends on what you're quoting. If it's a complete sentence the period


If it's incomplete, quote

[Nyerp]

it just works

[Mando Pandango]

Punctuation first, unless the punctuation of the quotation disagrees with that of the sentence containing it.

e.g. Did Ms. Antoinette really say "let them eat cake"?

(No, she would've said something in French instead)

[Samus Aran]

Punctuation first, unless the punctuation of the quotation disagrees with that of the sentence containing it.

e.g. Did Ms. Antoinette really say "let them eat cake"?

(No, she would've said something in French instead)

qft

[YPrrrr]

Does proper grammar allow for that or is that just a stylistic choice that helps it be more clear

I honestly forget the rule

[Mando Pandango]

Does proper grammar allow for that or is that just a stylistic choice that helps it be more clear

I honestly forget the rule

What's the difference? Grammar is a social construct

[YPrrrr]

Yes I read Frindle when I was 8 too

[C.Mongler]

The egg

[Mando Pandango]

Yes I read Frindle when I was 8 too

I don't know what this means

[YPrrrr]

It's just a book about a kid that realizes definitions and grammar are social constructs and trolls his English teacher over it by getting every kid in the school to call pens "frindles" instead

[Kalahari Inkantation]

The egg

The period or the egg?

i lol'd

[Mando Pandango]

The egg is the period so it would be the period or the chicken wouldn't it