Yes, of course a quotation from a book, article or document can be longer than one sentence. After all, sentences vary in length. Please bear in mind that any quotation needs to long enough (and no longer than necessary) to illustrate or support the point you are making. In reports, assignments and so on, quotations of more than (say) two lines should be indented and treated as paragraphs. Obviously, you should not write a report that consists mainly of quotations with the occasional line of commentary.
When quoting a sentence (or anything else) from a book, put the words quoted in single inverted commas (quotation marks). You should also acknowledge the source.
Yes, of course you can. A quotation can contain as many sentences as you require (subject to the laws of copyright and any restrictions imposed by the style of your essay).
A step quote is when more than one quote is used within a statement or sentence. A quote used in a step quote does not have to be by the same person.
Yes. There's nothing wrong with it grammatically.
The quote "violence only begets more violence" was spoken by Moses, it's in the bible.
It means that it seems more important or more of an accomplishment than another person nececarily.
Before long, the lion had eaten the gazelle. That's a simple one there are plenty of others that are far more elaborate and formal.
A step quote is when more than one quote is used within a statement or sentence. A quote used in a step quote does not have to be by the same person.
Try-Many thanks for the opportunity to provide this quote-it's shorter,more direct,simpler.Less is sometimes more.
The rule has been that for quotes of three lines or fewer you set the quote in quotation marks ("<quote>"). If you need to quote more than three lines you indent the block of text. There is no stylistic prohibition on quoting more than a single sentence in an essay, but you may encounter that restriction levied by English teachers who don't want entire pages of quoted material glued together with poorly thought-out padding.
The sentence is a question. It is not written correctly. It should read: Does this book belong to you?If the book is not yours, then you should respond: No, that book is not mine.If the book belongs to you, you should say: Yes, the book belongs to me.
A sentence summary is a concise statement that captures the main points or key ideas of a longer text or piece of information in just one sentence. It provides a brief overview without going into detail.
I WANT you! There's nothing more to be said!
One 'full stop' punctuation mark (i.e., a period, question mark, or exclamation point) at the end of a sentence is sufficient, whether it is within or outside of a quote, parentheses, etc. Anything more is just unnecessary clutter.
"The richer your friends, the more they will cost you."One of the quotes I found in a History Book.
A sentence with two or more subjects joined by a conjunction and that share the same verb is called a compound subject sentence. In this type of sentence, the subjects are connected by a conjunction such as "and" or "or" and the verb is used only once to describe the action of both subjects.
The quote "folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do" can be found on page 5 of the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
A run-on sentence is a sentence that continues without appropriate punctuation to separate phrases or clauses, resulting in a lack of clarity or cohesion. There is no specific length that defines a run-on sentence, as it can be short or long depending on how many independent clauses are strung together without proper punctuation.
Sophisticate is to make someone or something more sophisticated. A good sentence would be, the book attempted to sophisticate the readers.