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when you put a quotation in a sentence you use quotation marks for the quote
those are quotation marks
Anything that is exactly the same wording as your source. Usually if the phrase is more than 3 words. Also, the quote is only in quotation marks if it is less than 4 lines. Paraphrasing requires citation, but not quotation marks.
Well, according to what I learned when I was in Algebra I, you should never have to use a semicolon.
There are no quotation marks in that sentence unless you state who's saying it. "Give me your hand", said Mary, would be correct.
In American English, a semicolon typically goes outside of quotation marks; whereas in British English, it goes inside. For consistency, it's best to check a specific style guide or follow the conventions of the English variant you are using.
If a word is in quotation marks, and you're quoting it, use single quotation marks to indicate an embedded quotation.
Punctuation marks should be placed outside the set of quotation marks, unless they are part of the quoted material. For example: "I love pizza," she said.
Never. You should always have quotation marks sorrounding a quote.
It is not compulsory to use a specific mark, but usually we use a comma.
Valid punctuation marks in English include the period, the question mark, the comma, and the apostrophe. Other valid marks are the exclamation point, quotation marks, the colon, and semicolon.
In dialogue, periods, commas, question marks, and exclamation points go inside quotation marks. (A semicolon goes outside quotation marks but isn't used much in dialogue, so you don't need to worry about it.)
Period . | Exclamation point ! | Question mark ? | Comma , |Colon : |Semicolon ; | Apostrophe ' |Ampersand & |The at sign @|The dash - | Single quotation marks "
.?! --------------------- the coma , the full stop . the query ? the colon : the semicolon ; the apostrophe ' the quotation mark " the exclamation mark !
There is the period, the comma, colon, semicolon, and apostrophe. There are also quotation marks, question mark, exclamation mark, hyphen, dash, parentheses, brace, and brackets.
I use quotation marks. It's not a hard and fast rule.
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.