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In meetings, protocol dictates that the invocation come first IF AND ONLY IF the invocation is EXPLICITLY a prayer. If the invocation is an inspirational quote or such, it comes after the pledge.
Put a quotation mark at the beginning of the quote and at the end of the quote. You do not need to put quotation marks around each sentence within that quote.
a direct quote should have inverted commas around it "just like this sentence"
A quote which is incorporated within a sentence where it makes sense with the rest of the sentence.
Please quote accurately from your source.
You can quote me on that.
"You can start a sentence with a quote," the teacher said, "and there is certainly nothing wrong with doing so."
A phrase is an unfinished sentence or a quote.
If you have a quote in the middle of the sentence then don't put a period there, put a comma, an exclamation mark, or a question mark. If it is at the end of a sentence then put a period inside the quotation marks.
When copying a quote that starts in the middle of a sentence, you can use an ellipsis (...) to indicate that the quote is a partial excerpt. Place the ellipsis at the beginning of the quote to signify that it doesn't start from the beginning of the sentence. This preserves the integrity of the original quote while indicating that it has been abbreviated for your specific purpose.
You can use the term "quote-unquote" to signal that you are quoting a word or phrase that may not be an exact or preferred term, adding emphasis or indicating skepticism. For example, "She described him as her 'business partner,' quote-unquote, raising doubts about the true nature of their relationship."
My friend Nicole wrote a quote about Rosa Parks