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This sentence can be punctuated in two different ways, with different meanings: "George Gray" said Mary Beth, "is on the phone."; and George Gray said, "Mary Beth is on the phone". The sentence could also be used without additional punctuation; in that instance, it would have the same substantive meaning as the latter of the two sentences punctuated with quotation marks but would not imply that George Gray used the exact words quoted to convey the meaning that Mary Beth was waiting on the other end of a telephone connection.

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