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Then Yoda looked down from my ‘Star Wars’ poster and pronounced,

‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..’

I’m not a Jedi, but I thought it was polite to reply to Yoda, so I said,

‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..’

In the end, the only thing I could possibly say to Mum was,

‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..’

STOP AND CHECK

Did you start all direct quotations with a capital letter?

A BRAND NAME starts with a capital letter.

It’s silly to give cats Kellogg’s cereals, unless it’s Mice Krispies.

IS STAR WARS A TITLE OR A BRAND NAME ASKING FOR R2-D2