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To: irishtenor; MrsEmmaPeel

Your version looks exactly right. The test on the object pronoun is to try it with the noun. “I so enjoy discussions like THIS discussion,” not, “I so enjoy discussions like THESE discussion.”


11 posted on 08/29/2007 5:59:52 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Gravity! It's not just a good idea, it's the law!)
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To: Tax-chick

Having been castigated by my editor for so many years, something had to stick in my brain. Punctuation before quotations was one I finally learned.


20 posted on 08/29/2007 6:04:56 PM PDT by irishtenor (There is no "I" in team, but there are two in IDIOT.)
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