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How do I introduce a quoted clause within an independent clause?

English Language & Usage Asked by Umer Malik on October 6, 2021

How do we introduce a quoted clause within an independent clause?
For example, when talking about why we say, "John passes away or passed away." How do we write it in a sentence?

My sentence starts off as the following:

  1. We normally say "John has passed away or John passed away."
    Or I should write it as follows?
  2. We normally say, "John has passed away, or John passed away," rather than "John passes away."

Do we use a comma before John, or colon, or do we write it as in sentence #1?

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