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Quotation Marks
A direct quotation shows the speaker’s exact words. An indirect quotation does not.
DIRECT QUOTATION
: Dad said,
“You can work at the ice cream standthis summer.” (Quotation marks needed)
INDIRECT QUOTATION
: Dad said that I can work at the ice cream stand
this summer. (No quotation marks needed)
Quotation marks always go in pairs. If you have opening quotation marks, you must
have closing quotation marks.
Ellen said,
“I’m taking the school bus home.”“I’m taking the school bus home,”Ellen said.
“When do you leave?”asked Carlos.
Carlos asked,
“When do you leave?”“I hope,”said Fiona,
“that you remember to take your science book home.”“When do we eat?”William asked. “I’m hungry.”
Did William say,
“I’m hungry”?(The question mark goes outside the closing quotation marks because the
entire sentence is a question.)
“I never saw a snow leopard before,”Maureen said. “Did you?”
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