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Place periods and commas inside quotation marks. Place semicolons and colons outside quotation marks.
Dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks;
However, if the quote does not include a question or exclamation, but the sentence itself is asking a question or exclaiming, the question mark or exclamation point sits outside of the quotation marks.
Quotation marks show the beginning and end of a quotation or title of a short work.
Examples:
The best way to eat food, Vijaya says, "to make it yourself''.
Quotation marks are for when you want to use someone else's words in your writing. Let's say you want to write about something you heard your friend say. You could do it like this:
Everyone said, "We really appreciate the way police handled the culprits of Disha's case.''
You can write about the same thing without using the quotation marks, with a couple of changes:
Everyone said they really appreciated the way police handled the culprits of Disha's case.
The first sentence contains a direct quote, a quote in which you report the exact words people used. The second sentence contains an indirect quote, which is a paraphrased version of what people said. Quotation marks are used only with direct quotes.
If a quotation comes within a quotation, it is marked by single quotes as in
She said, ""I can't trust him since he assured me, "I'll not repeat this again."
Rewrite this short conversations putting in all the necessary punctuation and remembering to start a new line each time a different person speaks.
Where do you come from I come from miryalaguda whats it like there is it a big city no its only a small town
Rewritten version:
"Where do you come from?''
"I come from Miryalaguda.''
"What's it like there? Is it a big city?''
"No, it's only a small town.''
Punctuate these sentences, using capital letters, commas, speech marks and question marks wherever they are needed.
a) When can we go home whined the little boy tired of waiting for the bus
b) kartik whom I knew years ago has come back to live here murthy will be pleased they used to be great friends
c) really queried lucy I think that's wrong
d) is that your dog asked the policeman
Rewritten (Changes indicated in bold font.)
a) "When can we go home?'' whined the little boy, tired of waiting for the bus.
b) Kartik whom I knew years ago, has come back to live here. Murthy will be pleased. They used to be great friends.
c) "Really?'' queried Lucy. "I think that's wrong.''
d) "Is that your dog?'' asked the policeman.
Dashes, colons, and semicolons almost always go outside the quotation marks;
However, if the quote does not include a question or exclamation, but the sentence itself is asking a question or exclaiming, the question mark or exclamation point sits outside of the quotation marks.
Quotation marks show the beginning and end of a quotation or title of a short work.
Examples:
The best way to eat food, Vijaya says, "to make it yourself''.
Quotation marks are for when you want to use someone else's words in your writing. Let's say you want to write about something you heard your friend say. You could do it like this:
Everyone said, "We really appreciate the way police handled the culprits of Disha's case.''
You can write about the same thing without using the quotation marks, with a couple of changes:
Everyone said they really appreciated the way police handled the culprits of Disha's case.
The first sentence contains a direct quote, a quote in which you report the exact words people used. The second sentence contains an indirect quote, which is a paraphrased version of what people said. Quotation marks are used only with direct quotes.
If a quotation comes within a quotation, it is marked by single quotes as in
She said, ""I can't trust him since he assured me, "I'll not repeat this again."
Rewrite this short conversations putting in all the necessary punctuation and remembering to start a new line each time a different person speaks.
Where do you come from I come from miryalaguda whats it like there is it a big city no its only a small town
Rewritten version:
"Where do you come from?''
"I come from Miryalaguda.''
"What's it like there? Is it a big city?''
"No, it's only a small town.''
Punctuate these sentences, using capital letters, commas, speech marks and question marks wherever they are needed.
a) When can we go home whined the little boy tired of waiting for the bus
b) kartik whom I knew years ago has come back to live here murthy will be pleased they used to be great friends
c) really queried lucy I think that's wrong
d) is that your dog asked the policeman
Rewritten (Changes indicated in bold font.)
a) "When can we go home?'' whined the little boy, tired of waiting for the bus.
b) Kartik whom I knew years ago, has come back to live here. Murthy will be pleased. They used to be great friends.
c) "Really?'' queried Lucy. "I think that's wrong.''
d) "Is that your dog?'' asked the policeman.
Published date : 16 Dec 2019 03:02PM
