Quotation Dictionaries

quatation  Rule to Remember Use quotation marks to indicate actual speech or dialogue and to set off direct quotations of text or speech from other sources Single quotes Quotations or quotes refer to a single word, phrase, or series of sentences that are said or written by someone who is not the original writer or speaker

Some General Quotation Guidelines · Periods and Commas · Colons and Ellipses · Slashes and Brackets · Question Marks and Exclamation Points · Block Quotes Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a standard dialogue tag, a brief introductory phrase, or a dependent clause For example: He said, I may forget

Direct quotations · enclose it in quotation marks · give the author, date and page number that the quotation was taken from, in brackets Quotation marks are punctuation marks with several different uses As their name suggests, quotation marks are often used to begin and end