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Subject:Re: Punctuation Inside Quotes From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 31 Oct 1994 16:50:38 -0700
On Fri, 28 Oct 1994, Arturo Manuel Garcia wrote:
> Better yet:
> The painting -I really didn't like it myself,- sold for $600.
This would be better with the comma omitted. I don't like the combination
of dash and comma--seems superfluous.
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