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a2149
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punctuation-quotation-marks
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Punctuation
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Secondaire 5
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Anglais
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Title (level 2)
Quotation Mark Uses
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quotation-mark-uses
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Quotation marks are used to enclose a quote repeated word for word.

When using a full sentence of a direct quote, the first word is capitalized.

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Enclosing a quote

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Selina the inventor complaining to her cat that he never answers when she calls him.
Description

  1. Douglas Addams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 1979

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Fluffy the cat meeting a new kitten with some dread.
Description

  1. Ernest Hemingway, Enerst hemingway Selected Letters, 1917-1961, 1981

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Quotation Marks and Punctuation
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quotation-marks-and-punctuation
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  1. Periods and commas are always placed inside the quotation marks.

Any other punctuation mark:

  1. When part of the original quote: placed inside quotation marks.

  2. When not part of the original quote: placed outside quotation marks.

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Examples of punctuation inside and outside quotation marks.
Description

  1. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, 2002

  2. Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 1980

  3. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, 1865

  4. Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, 1985-1995

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Title (level 3)
The Single Quotation Marks ( ‘ ’ )
Title slug (identifier)
the-single-quotation-marks
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Single quotation marks should be used to indicate a quote inside a quote.

For example:

Fluffy later asked Selina: “Do you remember who said ‘If everyone listened to me. The world would be perfect[7]’?”

However, some authors use them instead of the “ “ double quotation marks.

 

  1. Charles Schultz, Peanuts, 1950-200

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See Also
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see-also
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Links
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Internal
Title
Punctuation
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/en/node/36954
Type
Internal
Title
Punctuation—The Period (.)
Internal link
/en/node/36955
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Internal
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Punctuation—The Comma (,)
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/en/node/36956
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Internal
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Punctuation—The Question Mark (?)
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/en/node/36957
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Internal
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Punctuation—The Exclamation Mark (!)
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/en/node/36965
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Internal
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Punctuation—The Ellipsis (…)
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/en/node/36969
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Internal
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Punctuation—The Colon (:) & the Semicolon (;)
Internal link
/en/node/36971
Type
Internal
Title
Punctuation—The Hyphen (-) & the Dashes (–) (—)
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/en/node/36978
Références en texte
  1. Douglas Addams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (New York City: Harmony Books, 1979) p. 24.
  2. Ernest Hemingway, Enerst hemingway Selected Letters, 1917-1961 (New York City: Scribner, 1981) p. p555.
  3. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt (London: Macmillan, 2002) p. n24
  4. Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (New York City: Harmony Books, 1980) p. 38.
  5. Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland (London: Macmillan, 1865) p. 47
  6. Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (Syndicated newspaper comic strip, May 17, 1992)
  7. Charles Schultz, Peanuts (Syndicated newspaper comic strip, October 13, 1993)
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