- She told me about Pizza the three-toed sloth yesterday.<\/li>\n \t
- He said that he would be late today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe second is when you're\u00a0calling attention to a word. For example:\n
- I can never say \u201cWorcestershire\u201d correctly.<\/li>\n \t
- How do you spell \u201cdefinitely\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nNote:<\/strong> It is this course's preference to use italics in\u00a0these instances:\n
- I can never say\u00a0Worcestershire<\/em> correctly.<\/li>\n \t
- How do you spell\u00a0definitely<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHowever, using quotes is also an accepted practice.\n\n<\/div>\nThe last use is scare quotes. This is the most misused type of quotation marks. People often think that quotation marks mean emphasis.\n
- Buy some \u201cfresh\u201d chicken today!<\/li>\n \t
- We'll give it our \u201cbest\u201d effort.<\/li>\n \t
- Employees\u00a0\u201cmust\u201d wash their hands before returning to work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHowever, when used this way, the quotation marks insert a silent \u201cso-called\u201d into the sentence, which is often the opposite of the intended meaning.\n\n
Where do Quotation Marks Go?<\/h2>\nDespite what you may see practiced\u2014especially in advertising, on television, and even in business letters\u2014the fact is that the period and comma go inside the quotation marks all of the time. Confusion arises because the British system is different, and the American system may automatically look wrong to you, but it is simply one of the frequently broken rules of written English in America: The period and comma always<\/em>\u00a0go inside the quotation marks.\n
- Correct: The people of the pine barrens are often called \u201cpineys.\u201d<\/li>\n \t
- Incorrect: The people of the pine barrens are often called \u201cpineys\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHowever, the semicolon, colon, dash, question mark, and exclamation point fall outside of the quotation marks (unless, of course, the quoted material has internal punctuation of its own).\n
- This measurement is commonly known as \u201cdip angle\u201d; dip angle is the angle formed between a normal plane and a vertical.<\/li>\n \t
- Built only 50 years ago, Shakhtinsk\u2014\u201cminetown\u201d\u2014is already seedy.<\/li>\n \t
- When she was asked the question \u201cAre rainbows possible in winter?\u201d she answered by examining whether raindrops freeze at temperatures below 0 \u00b0C. (Quoted material has its own punctuation.)<\/li>\n \t
- Did he really say \u201cDogs are the devil's henchmen\u201d? (The quote is a statement, but the full sentence is a question.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Practice<\/h3>\nHas the following passage\u00a0been punctuated correctly? Type any corrections in the text frame below:\n
Gabrielly\u00a0and\u00a0Marcelo both knew a lot of \"fun facts\" that they\u00a0liked to share with each other. Yesterday Gabrielly\u00a0said to Marcelo, \"Did you know that wild turkeys can run up to twenty-five miles per hour?\"<\/p>\n
\"Well,\u00a0an emu can run twice that speed,\" Marcelo\u00a0responded.<\/p>\n
\"Did you know that there's\u00a0a dinosaur-themed park in Poland called\u00a0JuraPark Ba\u0142t\u00f3w\"? Gabrielly asked.<\/p>\n
Marcelo then told\u00a0her about \"Rusik, the first Russian police sniffer cat, who\u00a0helped\u00a0search for illegal cargoes of fish and caviar\".<\/p>\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\n[reveal-answer q=\"443726\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\n[hidden-answer a=\"443726\"]There are five\u00a0sets of quotation marks in this passage. Let's look at each set.\n\nThe first set, around\u00a0fun facts<\/em>, may or may not be appropriate. If the intent is to emphasize the facts, then the quotes are incorrect. However, if you want to indicate that the facts aren't actually fun (and possibly annoying), the quotes are appropriate.\n\nThe second and third sets are\u00a0used correctly, and their\u00a0surrounding punctuation is also correct. Remember, commas always go inside quotation marks.\n\nThe fourth\u00a0set starts correctly; however, the question mark at the end should be inside the quotation marks, since the quote is a question.\n
\"Did you know that there's a dinosaur-themed park in Poland called JuraPark Ba\u0142t\u00f3w?\" Gabrielly asked.<\/p>\nThe fifth\u00a0set surrounds an approximation of what Marcelo said. This means no quotation marks are needed.\u00a0However, even if the quotes were needed, the sentence would still be incorrect: periods always go inside quotation marks.\n
- Marcelo then told her about Rusik, the first Russian police sniffer cat, who helped search for illegal cargoes of fish and caviar.<\/li>\n \t
- Marcelo then said,\u00a0\"Rusik, the first Russian police sniffer cat, helped search for illegal cargoes of fish and caviar.\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/hidden-answer]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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There are three typical ways quotation marks are used. The first is pretty self-explanatory: you use quotation marks when you’re making a direct quote.<\/p>\n- \n
- He\u00a0said \u201cI’ll never forget you.\u201d It was the best moment of my life.<\/li>\n
- Yogi Berra famously said, \u201cA nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you’re just writing an approximation of something a person said, you would\u00a0not<\/em> use quotation marks:<\/p>\n
- \n
- She told me about Pizza the three-toed sloth yesterday.<\/li>\n
- He said that he would be late today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The second is when you’re\u00a0calling attention to a word. For example:<\/p>\n
- \n
- I can never say \u201cWorcestershire\u201d correctly.<\/li>\n
- How do you spell \u201cdefinitely\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Note:<\/strong> It is this course’s preference to use italics in\u00a0these instances:<\/p>\n
- \n
- I can never say\u00a0Worcestershire<\/em> correctly.<\/li>\n
- How do you spell\u00a0definitely<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
However, using quotes is also an accepted practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The last use is scare quotes. This is the most misused type of quotation marks. People often think that quotation marks mean emphasis.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Buy some \u201cfresh\u201d chicken today!<\/li>\n
- We’ll give it our \u201cbest\u201d effort.<\/li>\n
- Employees\u00a0\u201cmust\u201d wash their hands before returning to work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
However, when used this way, the quotation marks insert a silent \u201cso-called\u201d into the sentence, which is often the opposite of the intended meaning.<\/p>\n
\nWhere do Quotation Marks Go?<\/h2>\n
Despite what you may see practiced\u2014especially in advertising, on television, and even in business letters\u2014the fact is that the period and comma go inside the quotation marks all of the time. Confusion arises because the British system is different, and the American system may automatically look wrong to you, but it is simply one of the frequently broken rules of written English in America: The period and comma always<\/em>\u00a0go inside the quotation marks.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Correct: The people of the pine barrens are often called \u201cpineys.\u201d<\/li>\n
- Incorrect: The people of the pine barrens are often called \u201cpineys\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
However, the semicolon, colon, dash, question mark, and exclamation point fall outside of the quotation marks (unless, of course, the quoted material has internal punctuation of its own).<\/p>\n
- \n
- This measurement is commonly known as \u201cdip angle\u201d; dip angle is the angle formed between a normal plane and a vertical.<\/li>\n
- Built only 50 years ago, Shakhtinsk\u2014\u201cminetown\u201d\u2014is already seedy.<\/li>\n
- When she was asked the question \u201cAre rainbows possible in winter?\u201d she answered by examining whether raindrops freeze at temperatures below 0 \u00b0C. (Quoted material has its own punctuation.)<\/li>\n
- Did he really say \u201cDogs are the devil’s henchmen\u201d? (The quote is a statement, but the full sentence is a question.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Practice<\/h3>\n
Has the following passage\u00a0been punctuated correctly? Type any corrections in the text frame below:<\/p>\n
Gabrielly\u00a0and\u00a0Marcelo both knew a lot of “fun facts” that they\u00a0liked to share with each other. Yesterday Gabrielly\u00a0said to Marcelo, “Did you know that wild turkeys can run up to twenty-five miles per hour?”<\/p>\n
“Well,\u00a0an emu can run twice that speed,” Marcelo\u00a0responded.<\/p>\n
“Did you know that there’s\u00a0a dinosaur-themed park in Poland called\u00a0JuraPark Ba\u0142t\u00f3w”? Gabrielly asked.<\/p>\n
Marcelo then told\u00a0her about “Rusik, the first Russian police sniffer cat, who\u00a0helped\u00a0search for illegal cargoes of fish and caviar”.<\/p>\n
- How do you spell\u00a0definitely<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- I can never say\u00a0Worcestershire<\/em> correctly.<\/li>\n
- How do you spell\u00a0definitely<\/em>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHowever, using quotes is also an accepted practice.\n\n<\/div>\nThe last use is scare quotes. This is the most misused type of quotation marks. People often think that quotation marks mean emphasis.\n
- I can never say\u00a0Worcestershire<\/em> correctly.<\/li>\n \t