Difference between revisions of "Use Quotation Marks"
134.228.27.197 (134.228.27.197) |
m (Text replacement - "<br><br>" to "") |
||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
**Example: In a TV interview, Jackson showed off his "slam jam" dance move. | **Example: In a TV interview, Jackson showed off his "slam jam" dance move. | ||
*It is the usual American practice to put sentence-ending punctuation (a period, question mark, or exclamation point) inside the closing quotation mark. | *It is the usual American practice to put sentence-ending punctuation (a period, question mark, or exclamation point) inside the closing quotation mark. | ||
| − | **Example: According to the president, "The war in Iraq is going splendidly." | + | **Example: According to the president, "The war in Iraq is going splendidly."British writers typically put sentence-ending punctuation outside the closing quotation mark: |
| − | **Example: According to the prime minister, "The war in Iraq is going splendidly". | + | **Example: According to the prime minister, "The war in Iraq is going splendidly".An exception to the American usage occurs when a direct quote in the declarative mode ends a sentence in the interrogative or exclamatory mode: |
**Example: Are you the one who called the president "a prevaricating cad"? | **Example: Are you the one who called the president "a prevaricating cad"? | ||
*Individual titles of the Bible are never italicized nor placed in quotes. | *Individual titles of the Bible are never italicized nor placed in quotes. | ||
