History or historycal corres 3 pps

If this were lengthened further, the

close of the second pair of inverted

commas would be delayed

accordingly:

‘Indeed it is,’ said my mother. ‘When

will you be able to get to us? Need I

say ‘‘the earlier the better’’? You

know that we’ll be up at the crack of

dawn.’

" Inverted commas are used to enclose

titles.

Have you read ‘Angela’s Ashes’ by

Frank McCourt?

Alternatively, the title can be

underlined or, in print, italicised.

Inverted commas will not then be

needed.

" Inverted commas are used to enclose

quotations.

Like Coriolanus, I often feel that

‘there is a life elsewhere’.

Note that the final full stop comes

outside the inverted commas enclosing

the quotation. Incorporating a

quotation in a sentence is different

from punctuating direct speech.

See INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH.

See TITLES.

invisible (not -able)

irational Wrong spelling. See IRRATIONAL.

iridescent (not -rr-)

irony or sarcasm? IRONY is subtle, amusing, often witty.

SARCASM is deliberately hurtful and

intentionally cruel.

Irony comes from a Greek word

meaning ‘pretended ignorance’.

INVISIBLE

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