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   Mike Powell - ANTON SHEPELEV:   
      
   > > David said "Today we shall all be working hard, don't slack   
   > > off.".   
   >   
   > > Both the quoted and quoting sentences shall have their   
   > > terminating punctuation.  No comma is logically required after   
   > > `said' because David's utternace is its direct object.   
   >   
   > I was always taught to put a comma after the "said," and to put   
   > the ending period inside the quotes, like this:   
   >   
   > David said, "Today we shall all be working hard, don't slack off."   
   >   
   > Maybe someone who is better at grammar should take a go at it.  :)   
      
   You were taught right, Mike.  I only wrote that this traditional   
   punctuation is beautiful yet very illogical.  And sometimes   
   beautiful is preferrable.   
      
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