How to correctly use Quotation Marks

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How to correctly use Quotation Marks

• January 4, 2007

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Quotation Marks

• Why do we need these weird thingies??
• Wellquotes are a very important punctuation tool
  that are imperative for your sentences!
• Today we will learn about the quotation mark !!

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What are Quotation Marks?

• Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks
  or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in
  pairs to set off speech, a quotation, a phrase or
  a word.

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How to use Quotes

• Always put quotation marks before and after the
  names of -

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How to use Quotes

• Articles in Magazines and newspapers
• Chapters in books

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How to use Quotes

• Essays and short stories
• Songs and poems

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How to use Quotes

• To set off words or phrases that are special for
  any reason.

He "said" his dog ate the homework.
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How to use Quotes

• Before and after a direct quotation (Must be
  exact words.
• He said Down with the evil chipmunks.

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HUGE TIP

• Periods, commas, and other punctuation marks that
  end or interrupt a quotation go inside the second
  set of quotation marks.

WOW
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Huge Tip

• Example Mary said, I havent seen that many
  gators in my whole life.
• Example I havent seen such a mess since the
  last tornado, said Mary.

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EXCEPTION

• Do NOT use quotation marks with an indirect
  quotation, words that do not quote someone
  exactly.
• Example Mike said that he went to the Van Halen
  concert.

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Single Quote Mark

• Use only one quotation mark at either end when a
  quote is within another quote.
• Marie, I still havent seen the movie Rocky
  Balboa, said Mr. Darsa.

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You Try It
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