Who to Write Quotations?
Proper Punctuation – Quotes If You Start by Telling Who Said It, Use a Comma and Then the First Quotation Mark. .. . If You Put the Quote First and Then Tell...
Proper Punctuation – Quotes
- If you start by telling who said it, use a comma and then the first quotation mark. ...
- If you put the quote first and then tell who said it, use a comma at the end of the sentence, and then the second quotation mark. ...
- Punctuation always goes inside the quotation marks if it is a direct quote.
How do you properly use quotation marks?
Quotation Marks
- We use quotation marks with direct quotes, with titles of certain works, to imply alternate meanings, and to write words as words.
- Block quotations are not set off with quotation marks.
- The quoted text is capitalized if you're quoting a complete sentence and not capitalized if you're quoting a fragment.
How do you properly Quote someone?
Use quotation marks only when quoting someone's exact words, either spoken or written. This is called a direct quotation. "I prefer my cherries chocolate covered," joked Alyssa. Jackie kept repeating, "Good dog, good dog!"
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