OST164 Text Editing Applications Section 2 Punctuation: Other Marks

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OST164 Text Editing Applications Section 2
Punctuation Other Marks

• Quotation Marks 227 - 263

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Quotation Marks 227, 228, and 233

• Use quotation marks to enclose a direct
  quotation-only if they are the exact words of the
  speaker.
• As Senator Moynihan once observed, You are
  entitled to your own opinion, but you are not
  entitled to your own facts.
• In her fight for civil rights during the 1960s,
  Fannie Lou Hamer said, Im sick and tired of
  being sick and tired.
• Do not use quotations marks to enclose an
  indirect quotation.
• Mrs. Knudsen asked her supervisor whether she was
  still being considered for the transfer.
• Her supervisor said that she was still in the
  running but should not expect a quick decision.
• Do not quote the words yes or no unless you wish
  to emphasize that they were the exact words
  spoken.
• Please answer the question yes or no.
• Dont say no until you have heard all the terms.
• All she said was No.

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Quotation Marks 235 and 236 (a)

• Enclose technical terms, business jargon, or
  coined words or phrases not likely to be familiar
  to your reader.
• It took Joe a long time to get himself booted
  up in the morning.
• She couldnt locate the control key on her
  keyboard.
• Words used humorously or ironically may be
  enclosed in quotation marks.
• Roses shop does not sell second-hand clothes.
  She sells experienced clothing.
• My opponent has pledged to oppose any legislation
  that would levy new taxes.

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Quotation Marks 236 (b) and 237

• Slang expressions
• Bob has a close-knit nuclear family.
• Pollys version aint necessarily so.
• Enclose words and phrases that have been made to
  play an abnormal role in a sentence.
• We were all impressed by her can do attitude.
• I am selling my car on an as is basis.

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Quotation Marks 240

• Words and phrases introduced by such expressions
  as marked, labeled, signed, entitled, or titled
  are enclosed in quotation marks.The carton was
  marked Fragile.He received a message signed
  A Friend.The article entitled Write Your
  Senator was in that issue.

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Quotation Marks 242 and 244

• Use quotation marks around the titles that
  represent only part of a complete published work.
  For example titles of chapters, lessons, topics,
  sections, and parts of a book.I liked Chapter 3
  The Failure of Therapy.
• An exciting article Can Cancer Now Be Cured?
  appears in the magazine.The title of my speech
  will be Reforming Taxes.
• Today in class, we will be discussing the chapter
  Everything You Should Know About Taxes.
• Use quotation marks around titles of lectures,
  sermons, speeches, events, brochures, albums, and
  songs.The title of my speech is Freedoms
  Today.He handed out a brochure Cancer and You
  to everyone.I love the song All My Exes Live I
  Texas.

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Quotation Marks 245

• A quotation within a quotation should be enclosed
  in a pair of single quotation marks that match
  the style of the regular quotation marks you are
  using.
• If you do not have access to single quotation
  marks, use two straight apostrophes.
• Insert a space between the two marks to keep them
  distinct.
• Dorothy once said, The most beautiful words in
  the English language are Check enclosed.
• My pal Ike says, The four most satisfying words
  in the English language are I told you so.

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Quotation Marks 247
Periods and commas always go inside the closing
quotation mark.

• Periods
• Joseph said, They can only give you answers.
• Mr. Poston said, I want you to work for me.
• Commas
• Lets go home, she said.
• The package said Fragile, but Tom broke it
  anyway.
• All he said was, I dont remember, answered
  the witness.

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Quotation Marks 248

• Semicolons and colons always go outside the
  closing quotation mark.
• Last Tuesday you said, I will mail a check
  today it has not yet arrived.
• When the announcement of the changeover was made,
  my reaction was Oh no Johns reaction was Oh
  yes.

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Quotation Marks 249 a and b

• At the end of a sentence, a question mark or an
  exclamation point goes inside the closing
  quotation mark when it applies only to the quoted
  material.
• His first question was, How long have you worked
  here?
• Joseph asked Mavis, What time is it?
• Garland still ends every sales meeting by
  shouting, Go get em!
• At the end of a sentence, a question mark or
  exclamation point goes outside the closing
  quotation mark when it applies to the entire
  sentence.
• When will she say, for a change, You did a nice
  job on that?
• Did Kent say, I like you?
• Stop saying Dont worry!

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Quotation Marks 253- 254

• When a quoted statement occurs at the beginning
  of a sentence, omit the period before the closing
  quotation mark and use a comma instead.
• I think we should switch suppliers at once, he
  said.
• I really like math, Kenneth said.
• When a quoted question or exclamation occurs at
  the beginning of a sentence, retain the question
  mark or exclamation point.
• Can you send us your comments within two weeks?
  she asked.
• I wont accept that kind of response! I told
  him.

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Quotation Marks 256

• When a quoted statement, question, or exclamation
  comes at the end of a sentence and is introduced
  by an expression such as he said or she said, a
  comma precedes the opening quotation mark.
• Mr. Kelley said, Well close early on Friday.
• In her letter, Diana said, I plan to arrive on
  Thursday at 6 p.m.
• Upon reflection, Albert Einstein said, If I had
  my life to live over again, Id be a plumber.

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Quotation Marks 262-263

• When a quoted sentence is interrupted by an
  expression such as he asked or she said, use a
  comma and a closing quotation mark before the
  interrupting expression and another comma after
  it.
• During the past month, the memo said in part,
  we have received some welcome news from our
  overseas branches.

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Quotation Marks 272

• Capitalize the first word of every complete
  sentence in quotation marks.
• I overhead Ellis mutter, Only a fool would make
  such a claim.
• Here is the key sentence in her memo Despite
  the understaffing in the department, everyone is
  expected to meet the goals established.