| Learning
objectives |
 In
this lesson you will learn the
definition of quotation marks and study examples of
quotation marks. |
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| Definition of quotation marks |
- Quotation marks look like this:
' ' or
‘ ’ or
" " or
“ ”
- Quotation marks are:
- also called quotes or inverted commas
- used to set off speech, a quotation, or a
phrase
- An opening quotation mark should appear at the beginning of
each paragraph of the quoted text and a closing quotation mark
at the end
- The general convention is for
sentence
punctuation to be included inside the quotation marks, even if
the
punctuation
is not part of the quoted
sentence
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| Usage of quotation marks |
- Standard usage:
- “Good morning, Dave,” said HAL.
- For speech within speech:
- HAL said, "Good morning, Dave",” said Frank.
- Note:
do not use quotation marks for paraphrased speech
- Correct: HAL said that everything was
going extremely well.
- Incorrect: HAL said that “Everything was going extremely well.”
- Titles of artistic works - quotation marks, rather than italics, are
generally used for the titles of shorter works:
- short fiction, poetry, etc.: Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Sentinel”
- book chapters: The first chapter of 3001: The Final
Odyssey is “Comet Cowboy”
- articles in books, magazines, journals,
etc.: “Extra-Terrestrial Relays,” Wireless World, October 1945
- album tracks, singles, etc.: Globe’s “Fade into”
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