Showing posts with label reporting verb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reporting verb. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Incorrect omission of prepositions


Omission of the personal pronoun after a quote ends.

  Rule: After the quote ends, mention the personal pronoun as the subject of the reporting verb.

       Incorrect Usage: ‘I am going out for dinner,’ said.
                                           
Correct Usage: ‘I am going out for dinner,’ she said.