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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

PUNCTUATION: Quotation marks

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  1. DOUBLE QUOTATION MARKS

    -- Direct Speech (preferred in the United States, and also tend to be preferred in Canada, Australia and New Zealand)

    The exception is when a piece of direct speech is quoted within another piece of direct speech, in which case the internal quote should use single quotation marks.

    -- With Short works, titles of books, short stories, poems, songs, chapters, episodes, films, articles
    -- With slang words
    -- With words that are being defined
    -- With words that we want to make “special” in some way

    SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS

    -- Direct Speech
    (more usual in the United Kingdom and South Africa, although many British people follow the American rule too)

    In British English, quotation marks are called inverted commas.

    The exception is when a piece of direct speech is quoted within another piece of direct speech, in which case the internal quote should use double quotation marks.

    HOW DO WE INDICATE QUOTATIO MARKS WHEN SPEAKING?

    People may say "quote, unquote" or "open quotes, close quotes" when reading aloud texts containing quotation marks:
    • On page two it says, quote, Now is the time to invest, unquote.
    • On page two it says, open quotes, Now is the time to invest, close quotes.

    "Quote, unquote" may also be said informally in front of rather than around the quoted words:
    • The brochure describes the car as, quote, unquote, total luxury.

    "Quote, unquote" is sometimes used to mock or show disapproval or disbelief:
    • Then he arrived with his quote, unquote new girlfriend.

    People sometimes say "in quotes" (often putting up their two hands with two fingers extended on each hand, like quotation marks), indicating that the words came from another source, or in a mocking way, or suggesting that they don't quite believe what they have just said:
    • Then he arrived with his new girlfriend, in quotes.

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