Quotes Vs Quotations

2021年2月22日
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Quotation marks and adjacent punctuation
The quotation mark is a pair of symbols, and the text in question must be enclosed within. When a quote is “opened” to mark the start of direct speech, title, or irony, it must be closed with the same punctuation (i.e., “She walked her dog today,” not “She walked her dog today,’ or “She walked her dog today). A quotation is a section of the text/speech from the source you are using. For example, “It was a dark and stormy night.” A citation is the credit you give to the author/creator of that source, as you are using their work in your own. For example, the citation for the quote above would be “L’Engle, Madeleine. 130 Most Beautiful & Inspirational Brain Quotes of All Time; 130 Best Faith Quotes & Sayings For Inspiration; 135 Best Religion Quotes And Sayings To Explore And Share; 140 Most Beautiful Success Quotes For Motivation; 125 Best Hope Quotes And Sayings That Will Empower; 130 Most Famous Unity Quotes And Sayings For Inspiration. Spot quotations and differences are for cotton equal to the official standards, net weight, in mixed lots. Upland quotations are Daily Spot Cotton Quotations Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton and Tobacco Market News 29-Jan-21 American Pima quotations are UD free, FOB warehouse, and brokerage fees included. Basis Leaf 3 to Cotton Program.
Though not necessarily logical, the American rules for multiple punctuation with quotation marks are firmly established. (See here for a brief explanation of the British style.)
Commas and periods that are part of the overall sentence go inside the quotation marks, even though they aren’t part of the original quotation.Correct
“The best investments today,” according to Smith, “are commodities and emerging-market stocks.”Incorrect
“The best investments today”, according to Smith, “are commodities and emerging-market stocks”.
Unless they are part of the original quotation, all marks other than commas or periods are placed outside the quotation marks.Correct
She provides a thorough list of problems in her most recent article, “Misery in Paradise”; she doesn’t provide a solution.Incorrect
She provides a thorough list of problems in her most recent article, “Misery in Paradise;” she doesn’t provide a solution.Correct
Wasn’t it Dickens who wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”?Incorrect
Wasn’t it Dickens who wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?”Quotes Or Quotations
For more on the proper use of multiple punctuation at the end of a sentence, see here.
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