What are quotes used for?

Answer 1

Heart Quotes are useful to have when one wishes to develop and nurture a meaningful relationship. There are several sites where one can find quotes that are appropriate to send to a boy friend or a girl friend.

Answer 2

There are many uses for quotation marks. The most common is mark a direct quotation from someone (or some source such as a book). In the US, double quotes " are used first, and then single '; in the UK and elsewhere it's the other way around. The second set would be to mark a quote inside a quote, such as:

The New York Times said "The witness claimed, 'I didn't recognize anyone.'"

Quotation marks are also used for single words or phrases being set off for any of a lot of reasons - sarcasm or being used as words themselves the most common:

It'd be shame if something "happened" to your nice car.

When you say "nice", what do you mean by it?

When you write a letter, you should start with "Dear Sir" and close with "respectfully".

In handwritten things such as signs and letters, quotation marks often replace italics.

Answer 3

Quotes are used to denote speech by a specific person, to highlight key points or important information, to provide evidence or support for an argument, and to reference or cite text from another source. They help to clarify the source of information and add credibility to written work.

Answer 4

Quotations should be used on a paper when using a direct quote, a title, a song, and a newspaper name. If one is using quotations on the paper they should use commas.

Answer 5

credit the source of a piece of information.