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  • #16
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
    William Lane Craig once needed to correct someone who attempted to correct him for using "that that" in a sentence. I loled.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
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      I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
        I still struggle with putting punctuation marks inside quotation marks, which is grammatically correct. I always want to think of the punctuation as part of what is quoted, which isn't necessarily the case. For my otherwise generally correct grammar and punctuation, that's one rule that always trips me up.
        Don't think inside vs outside for punctuation and quotation marks. Think to the left. Put punctuation to the left of the nearest quotation mark. You'll be right 90% of the time.
        "Down in the lowlands, where the water is deep,
        Hear my cry, hear my shout,
        Save me, save me"

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