A quotation is usually where someone wishes to say something that has already been said by someone else. This is denoted by the use of "s around the word or phrase. For example:
"To be, or not to be" - originally written by William Shakespeare.
Here is an example sentence using the term "floating quotation": The author used a floating quotation from a famous speech to emphasize the importance of freedom in his essay.
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Here is an example of a sentence that correctly uses quotation marks: She said, "I will meet you at the park at 3 o'clock."
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.
In American English, if the phrase is part of the quotation, the comma goes inside the quotation marks. For example: He said, "I will be there soon."
"I like pie," he said.
Full stops are usually placed inside quotation marks. For example, "She said it was orange."
No. It depends on the data type. So numbers would not be in quotation marks for example.
An indirect quotation is a statement by the writer of what another person said but in the writer's words, not the actual words of the original speaker. For example "Judy said she would drop by after she got off work". A direct quotation uses the exact words of the speaker. for example "'I'll come over when I get off work' said Judy".
A quotation is usually where someone wishes to say something that has already been said by someone else. This is denoted by the use of "s around the word or phrase. For example: "To be, or not to be" - originally written by William Shakespeare.
He asked, "What is an indirect quotation?"