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Brackets Parentheses and Quotation Marks
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1,263 Questions
Is there a capital letter in first letter of a quote?
If you have a letter after after quotation marks and things like that, it should be capitalized, even if it's in the middle of the sentence. It isolates what the person is about to say in a sentence. All sentences begin with a capitol letter. So, you should capitalize letters after quotes and such.
Do you underline or use quotation marks around a title of a song in a sentence?
You use quotations for small things like books, movies , newspaper articles and other liitle things.
However, you use underline when it is an epic large subjuct. Example is Titanic, ship names, large subjects.
so you will say;
In the new album "Rosebuds", I enjoy the song "Honey Buns".
Can brackets and quotation marks be used at the same time?
Yes. For example, you may want to give a slang alternative in quotes in brackets.
How do you put floodplain in a sentence?
An example of a floodplain would be the land around Lake Superior
Do the title of songs need quotation marks?
Well some people do think that they do but other people just underline them
Where would the quotation marks go in this sentence Give me your hand she said?
"Give me your hand," she said.
Does a Question mark come before an explanation point?
The explanation point is always before the question mark.
I can't think of a relevant quotation.
This sentence should not be bracketed by quotation marks.
When your writing the title of a movie is it in quotes italic or underlined?
On the computer it is in italics but when you are writing it you underline it quotes are for a specific scene in the movie
How do you do quotation mark on the keyboard?
To get quotation marks, you press the Shift button and then the quotations button, which is directly to the left of the Enter key.
Do you put quotation marks around a song title if the song title is in parentheses?
Sure. It is still necessary to distinguish the text as a title of a work. The quotation marks do that. The fact that the song title uses parentheses or that you have used the song title in a parenthetical expression does not matter. Use the quotes to identify it as a song title.
How would you use quotation in a sentence?
You can embed a quote in a sentence or you can just say, e.g.
He said "apples are red"
embedded that would be:
I argued that apples were green but "apples are red" is the most common view
Why do you use two spaces after a question mark?
It's just for style reasons to keep the writing look neat.
One space is really sufficient.
Can you use if and then in the same sentence?
Yes, if you're using the if...then... structure if you're writing a hypothesis down.
How is Quotation used within sentences?
Quotation marks are used when indicating someone is speaking in a narrative, when you are quoting something, or when you are referring to a word or phrase as a means to explain it. For example, I would say the word "noun" is actually a noun in itself since it is a "thing".
What should you use if you change a word or words in a quotation from its original version?
You should put your change into brackets. If you must use ellipsis [three dots] to show you omitted text altogether, you put it into brackets also.
