Americans put single marks within double marks, as in The witness said " I heard her say 'Oops.' "
Yes, when quoting material that already contains a quote, you use double quotation marks for the overall quote and single quotation marks for the nested quote. For example: She said, "He told me, 'I will be there at 5 p.m.'"
It should look like this: "John met Richard and Richard said, 'Hey, John.' " The single quotes go within the double quotes, unless you're in the UK where they are reversed.
For a quotation within a quotation, use single quotes.
For example,
I said, "She asked me, 'Do you like cheese?' but she didn't wait for me to answer."
You put the quotation marks around what was said, start a new paragraph for each speaker, and put any punctuation marks inside the quotation marks.
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If a proper name or nickname is part of a quote and requires quotation marks, use double quotation marks for the overall quote and single quotation marks within the quote for the proper name or nickname.
Use single quotation marks to indicate a quote within a quote.If you're using a quote that contains a quote you'll need to surround the embedded quote with single quotation marks.
When a quote is interrupted by narrative, use ellipses (...) to indicate the omission of text within the quote. Place the punctuation inside the quotation marks at the end of the interrupted speech. Resume the narrative outside the quotation marks.
Never. You should always have quotation marks sorrounding a quote.
In American English, the period typically goes inside the closing quotation mark. For example, "This is a quote." In British English, the period goes outside the closing quotation mark. For example, "This is a quote".
Single quote marks are used for a quote within a quote.
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.
The <q> tag is used to define a short quotation, inserting quotation marks around the quote.
Yes, you can use a quote as a headline without quotation marks, but it's important to ensure that the attribution is clear to readers. The context and formatting of the quote within the headline should make it evident that it is a direct quotation.
You can use any regular punctuation inside the block quote (periods, commas, etc) but do not put any punctuation around the block quote (no quotation marks).