# Amateur Grammar Authorities

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 13, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-grammar-authorities/521117 "2009-12-13T17:49:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-grammar-authorities/521117/12 "2009-12-14T00:08:10Z")

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> [@Olentzero](#):
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> I believe that only applies to reported speech.

“Nope.”

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