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   > @MSGID: <5E89F31C.964.englisht@capitolcityonline.net>   
   > David said, "Today we shall all be working hard, don't slack off".   
      
   > David said, 'Today we shall all be working hard, don't slack off'.   
      
   > See how silly the second one is, using the same punctuation mark for the   
   > missing letter in don't as for what David spoke?   
      
   I do not think that the second one is correct for how one would normally   
   punctuate that sentence in English.  We would normally use the double-quote   
   as in the first example.  We would also put the period at the end inside of   
   the second double-quote mark.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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