Using Quotation Marks and Colons/Semicolons Together

[chomiji]

The Grammarians have been asked "How do you use quotation marks and colons/semicolons together?"

This combination really does conjure up visions of a punctuation traffic jam. Let's take a closer look, and we'll work it out -- one way or another.

Comments

[dark_weezing]

Thank you for this. The issue has often stumped me, particularly with the colon. I'm improving with the semi-colon, but it's a gradual process.

Thanks, again.

[chomiji]

I'm glad this helped!

[china_shop]

Great post, thank you!

P.S. In the example there was a good chance he would have used words like "balmy" or perhaps simply "mad", I think you want "barmy", not "balmy". :-)

[chomiji]

Hmmm, it looks like the "balmy" version has also come to be accepted as meaning "mad," at least in the United States, but you're correct: Eustace would indeed have been thinking "barmy." I'll fix it - thanks!