"There is nothing--absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
The quote by Rat in "The Wind in the Willows" is: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
The quote is "There is nothing--absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
An exact quote would be...a quote, basically, with nothing edited, as in a quote.
Answer Thou Shall Not Cheat. That quote comes from the Ten Commandments and depending on what you mean about messing around, it could probably fall under that Commandmant.
The Quote is "A Rising tide floats all boats." and It was JFK Actually, it was: a rising tide lifts all the boats (1963)
quote or quotation
When you report someone's exact words, you are quoting them. Quotations are used to show the words spoken by an individual directly and should be enclosed in quotation marks to distinguish them from the rest of the text.
That is a direct quote since those are the waitress' exact words. It would be an indirect quote if you summarized her words.
Exact Quote
No. A quote is where we give someone's exact words. You can quote from a poem, but also from a newspaper article or a story or a speech.
When the exact wording of the quote is important you welcome
You're basically saying what someone said, but not an exact quote.
A direct quote.
Quote or quotation.