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08-17-2013, 04:56 PM
#4401
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: 767A (Ret)
Posts: 6,248
Originally Posted by DCA A321 FO
The period goes inside.
In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.
In the United Kingdom, Canada, and islands under the influence of British education, punctuation around quotation marks is more apt to follow logic. In American style, then, you would write: My favorite poem is Robert Frost's "Design." But in England you would write: My favorite poem is Robert Frost's "Design".
In the United Kingdom, Canada, and islands under the influence of British education, punctuation around quotation marks is more apt to follow logic. In American style, then, you would write: My favorite poem is Robert Frost's "Design." But in England you would write: My favorite poem is Robert Frost's "Design".
08-17-2013, 05:29 PM
#4402
The Brown Dot +1
Joined APC: Jun 2009
Position: 777B
Posts: 7,775
Originally Posted by tomgoodman
08-17-2013, 06:50 PM
#4403
Junior Senior
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Whiskey Papa
Posts: 2,850
Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Learn something new every day!
08-19-2013, 06:53 AM
#4406
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 75
Originally Posted by DCA A321 FO
The period goes inside.
Spelling and grammar do count.
08-19-2013, 07:32 AM
#4407
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: ATL717A
Posts: 890
Originally Posted by bbhnpd
What the "take away" from this is that I AM embarrassed and will be more careful in the future.
I'm not sure the quotes are needed around take away, either. It may be better to avoid this type of technical jargon altogether, and substitute for a more well-suited word or phrase, such as lesson learned.
08-19-2013, 08:20 AM
#4408
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 514
Originally Posted by Jughead
You could use a comma after the is in your statement. It provides better pause and clarity for the ease of the reader. The comma is used where ambiguity might otherwise arise.
I saw a T-shirt the other day that said the following:
"Let's eat Grandma!"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"
"Use Commas.......they save lives"
"Let's eat, Grandma!"
"Use Commas.......they save lives"
08-19-2013, 12:06 PM
#4409
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: DFW 737 Captain
Posts: 191
Originally Posted by MrMustache
People who think epaulette's are for hanging stuff off of. Sunglasses, ID's etc.
08-19-2013, 12:56 PM
#4410
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Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: Bus Driver
Posts: 38
Originally Posted by 121PyLut
According to one guy I flew with, you should thread the shoulder harnesses through them...no joke...
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