Inthesetwoexamples,observetheformsofpunctuationusedtointroducethequotations.Whenyouintroduceaquotationwithafullsentence,youshouldalwaysplaceacolonattheendoftheintroductorysentence.Whenyouintroduceaquotationwitha
1) Keep periods and commas within quotation marks. So, for example: According to Professor Jones, Lincoln “feared the spread of slavery,” but many of his aides advised him to “watch and wait.” In the above example, both the comma and period were enclosed in the quotation marks. The...
"Now,, more than ever, we need our solitude. Being alone gives us the power to regulate and adjust our lives. It can teach us fortitude and the ability to satisfy our own needs. A restorer of energy, the stillness of alone experiences provides us with much-needed rest. It brings forth...
Notice that what Delia said was enclosed in single quotation marks. Notice also that the period was placed inside both the single and the double quotation marks. The American rule is that periods always go inside all quotation marks. As a courtesy, make sure there is visible space at the st...
Periods and commas are placed inside both the single and double quotation marks in American English. British English usually places punctuation outside unless it is part of the quoted material. The rules for using quotation marks inside a quote can seem complicated, but once you understand the ba...
BeAccuratewithQuotations,andIndicateChanges Neverchangethewordsinaquotationwithoutindicatingthechanges[withbrackets].Alwaysdoublecheckquotationstomakesurethetextisaccurate.Youmighthavetoremovethefinalpunctuationfromaquotationtomakeitfitthestructureofthesentence.Periodsandcommascanusuallyberemovediftheyappearattheendo...
They constitute rather the ledger of a nation, in which, like the merchant in his books, the citizen can read, at one view, all of the results of a year or of a period of years, as compared with other periods, and deduce the profit or the loss which has been made, in morals, ...
Answer to: When punctuating direct quotations, use a ___ after the verb that introduces the quotation. A. dash B. colon C. semicolon D...
The earth speaks from the remotest periods in its wonderful life history in the Archaeozoic Age, when it reveals only a few tissues of its primitive plants. Fifty million years ago it begins to speak as “the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life.” In successive...
A History Imperfectly Kept Dan Walker [I]f my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Silurian age to the present day; and that during these vast,...