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Quotation Marks with Drop Caps
My editing colleague, Linda Lane of Pen & Sword Publishers, reminded me of a rule I had forgotten. I thought you might need a reminder too.
Quotation marks are omitted when they precede a drop cap at the beginning of an article, story, or chapter.
(Drop caps are a typographic decoration placed at the top of an introductory paragraph or at the top of a column of text, that begs attention and guides the eye to the proper entry spot.)
Example:
It was a dark and stormy night,” he said.
Happy Writing!
Karen
