Should I put a period at the end of the first quote within this sentence?
We often hear, "That's not me." or "I wasn't raised that way."
OR should it read:
"That's not me" or "I wasn't raised that way."
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I'm sure there must be an older question that can close this question, I tried looking briefly but gave up because I find punctuation/quotation questions really, really dull. – Mari-Lou A Mar 26 '16 at 10:25
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Related: How to Punctuate Two Quoted Independent Clauses Within a Declarative Sentence the answer doesn't really answer this question though. – Mari-Lou A Mar 26 '16 at 10:26
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Here's a related question: Punctuation within quotes. – Lawrence Mar 26 '16 at 11:10
If you put a period before conjunctions, it is no longer a compound sentence. The sentence ends with a period.
You need to put a comma instead of a period.
We often hear, "That's not me," or "I wasn't raised that way."
Hope it helps.
