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Sep 18, 2016 at 13:20	comment	added	Robbie Goodwin		To force this into Comment length, simplify it as “It’s fun to race,” said Stanley. “We often win.” Only one level of quotation is needed to distinguish “It’s fun to race” from the commentary about it, but the quotes strip out its full stop, forcing it to share the one after “itself.” A second level of quotation, still in a single reporting sentence, makes ‘“It’s fun… ,” said Stanley.’ worse and this sentence almost impossible to write rightly. ‘“It’s fun… ,” said Stanley. “We often win.”’ is two sentences. ‘“It’s fun… and we often win.”’ is one, as is ‘“It’s fun; we often win.”’
Sep 18, 2016 at 6:00	comment	added	Newbie		I find the formal grammar terminology in your answer a little daunting. Can you tell in simple terms if it's okay to use a reported sentence as a separate sentence on its own, but enclosed within quotes as in "“Our team always wins a prize .”"? Can't it be a continuation of the preceding sentence?
Sep 18, 2016 at 5:55	comment	added	Newbie		Thanks for the detailed answer. I had given up on this question as it was long and I had got no answers. As for being artificially structured, it could be so as it was part of a test that I had taken.
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Sep 17, 2016 at 21:16	history	answered	Robbie Goodwin	CC BY-SA 3.0