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The full title of this Gosho should read, “On the Object of Worship Manifesting the True Buddha’s Entity."
Should there be a comma after 'read'?
Thanks.
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Koh Elaine wrote:The full title of this Gosho should read, “On the Object of Worship Manifesting the True Buddha’s Entity."
Should there be a comma after 'read'?
Thanks. Grammatically no. But it's common in that usage and pleasant to read.
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That's right.
There are a few "styles" and conventions for what to use just before a "quotation mark" or "inverted comma" like this.
When I was at school, I was taught to use a colon - but I've also seen advices to use a comma or nothing at all.
The full title of this Gosho should read: “On the Object of Worship Manifesting the True Buddha’s Entity."
The full title of this Gosho should read, “On the Object of Worship Manifesting the True Buddha’s Entity."
The full title of this Gosho should read “On the Object of Worship Manifesting the True Buddha’s Entity."
As you can see from my first sentence, if the quotation marks are just around one word, or maybe a short phrase, I prefer to use nothing.
I definitely feel that a colon is more than is necessary.
Wyrd bið ful aræd - bull!
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Thanks, palapaguy and DragOnspeaker.
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