diff --git a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
index 600cedd..69c2f51 100644
--- a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
+++ b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/grammar.pest
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-// grammar.pest
-
 // Whitespace and comments
-WHITESPACE = _{ " " | "\t" | ("\\" ~ WHITESPACE* ~ NEWLINE) }
+WHITESPACE = _{ " " | "\t" | ESCAPED_NEWLINE }
+ESCAPED_NEWLINE = _{ "\\" ~ NEWLINE }
 COMMENT = _{ "#" ~ (!NEWLINE ~ ANY)* }
 
 // Basic tokens
@@ -25,11 +24,13 @@ QUOTED_PENDING_WORD = ${ (
     QUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR | 
     SUB_COMMAND | 
     ("$" ~ VARIABLE) |
-    QUOTED_CHAR
+    QUOTED_CHAR |
+    NEWLINE |
+    ESCAPED_NEWLINE
 )* }
 
 UNQUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR = ${ ("\\" ~ "$" | "$" ~ !"(" ~ !VARIABLE) | "\\" ~ (" " | "`" | "\"" | "(" | ")")* }
-QUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR = ${ "\\" ~ "$" | "$" ~ !"(" ~ !VARIABLE | "\\" ~ ("`" | "\"" | "(" | ")" | "'")* }
+QUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR = @{ "\\" ~ ("$" | "`" | "\"" | "(" | ")" | "'" | "\n" | "\r\n") }
 
 UNQUOTED_CHAR = ${ ("\\" ~ " ") | !("(" | ")" | "{" | "}" | "<" | ">" | "|" | "&" | ";" | "\"" | "'" | "$") ~ ANY }
 QUOTED_CHAR = ${ !"\"" ~ ANY }
@@ -38,12 +39,11 @@ VARIABLE = ${ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_")+ }
 SUB_COMMAND = { "$(" ~ complete_command ~ ")" }
 
 DOUBLE_QUOTED = @{ "\"" ~ QUOTED_PENDING_WORD ~ "\"" }
-SINGLE_QUOTED = @{ "'" ~ (!"'" ~ ANY)* ~ "'" }
+SINGLE_QUOTED = @{ "'" ~ (!"'" ~ (NEWLINE | ESCAPED_NEWLINE | ANY))* ~ "'" }
 
 NAME = ${ (ASCII_ALPHA | "_") ~ (ASCII_ALPHANUMERIC | "_")* }
 ASSIGNMENT_WORD = { NAME ~ "=" ~ UNQUOTED_PENDING_WORD? }
 IO_NUMBER = @{ ASCII_DIGIT+ }
-
 // Special tokens
 AND_IF = { "&&" }
 OR_IF = { "||" }
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ CLOBBER = { ">|" }
 AMPERSAND = { "&" }
 EXIT_STATUS = ${ "$?" }
 
-
 // Operators
 OPERATOR = _{
     AND_IF | OR_IF | DSEMI | DLESS | DGREAT | LESSAND | GREATAND | LESSGREAT | DLESSDASH | CLOBBER |
@@ -203,8 +202,8 @@ filename = _{ FILE_NAME_PENDING_WORD }
 io_here = !{ (DLESS | DLESSDASH) ~ here_end }
 here_end = @{ ("\"" ~ UNQUOTED_PENDING_WORD ~ "\"") | UNQUOTED_PENDING_WORD }
 
-newline_list = _{ NEWLINE+ }
-linebreak = _{ NEWLINE* }
+newline_list = _{ (NEWLINE | ESCAPED_NEWLINE)+ }
+linebreak = _{ (NEWLINE | ESCAPED_NEWLINE)* }
 separator_op = { "&" | ";" }
 separator = _{ separator_op ~ linebreak | newline_list }
 sequential_sep = !{ ";" ~ linebreak | newline_list }
diff --git a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/parser.rs b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/parser.rs
index 27919df..42f2629 100644
--- a/crates/deno_task_shell/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/deno_task_shell/src/parser.rs
@@ -677,7 +677,6 @@ fn parse_subshell(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Command> {
 
 fn parse_word(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Word> {
   let mut parts = Vec::new();
-
   match pair.as_rule() {
     Rule::UNQUOTED_PENDING_WORD => {
       for part in pair.into_inner() {
@@ -748,6 +747,7 @@ fn parse_word(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<Word> {
       for part in pair.into_inner() {
         match part.as_rule() {
           Rule::UNQUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR => {
+            println!("part: {:?}", part);
             if let Some(WordPart::Text(ref mut text)) = parts.last_mut() {
               text.push(part.as_str().chars().next().unwrap());
             } else {
@@ -803,10 +803,14 @@ fn parse_quoted_word(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<WordPart> {
         match part.as_rule() {
           Rule::EXIT_STATUS => parts.push(WordPart::Text("$?".to_string())),
           Rule::QUOTED_ESCAPE_CHAR => {
+            let val = &part.as_str()[1..];
+            if val == "\n" {
+              continue;
+            }
             if let Some(WordPart::Text(ref mut s)) = parts.last_mut() {
-              s.push_str(part.as_str());
+              s.push_str(val);
             } else {
-              parts.push(WordPart::Text(part.as_str().to_string()));
+              parts.push(WordPart::Text(val.to_string()));
             }
           }
           Rule::SUB_COMMAND => {
@@ -990,7 +994,6 @@ mod test {
         .map_err(|e| anyhow::Error::msg(e.to_string()))?
         .next()
         .unwrap();
-      //   println!("pairs: {:?}", pairs);
       parse_complete_command(pairs)
     };
 
diff --git a/scripts/multiline.sh b/scripts/multiline.sh
index b49ca34..516f999 100644
--- a/scripts/multiline.sh
+++ b/scripts/multiline.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ echo "foo \
     bla"
 
 echo "foo
-    bla"
\ No newline at end of file
+    bla"
+
+echo "foo \" bar"
\ No newline at end of file