Quotation Mark Rules | How To Use Quotation Marks | English Writing Essentials | ESL Grammar Lesson
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Learn about how to use quotation marks in American English to become a better English writer and transcriber or transcriptionist. I'll teach you the grammar rules on when and how we use double and single quotation marks, when to capitalize and use commas in quotation marks, and how to place quotes within sentences.
Make sure to check out the other videos in my English Writing Essentials series at @Sparkle English to improve your punctuation and grammar skills.
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Practice your English skills! Write a sentence using quotation marks. I'll start.
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Can I use the same quotation marks for British English
How about this?
Example:
An adage, "The world is your oyster".
Is this correct?
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That’s incorrect. The correct way is the following sentence.
An adage, “The world is your oyster.”
You need to keep the period/fullstop inside the quotation marks.
What about the following; I spoke to George yesterday and he said "Sue asked me 'Have you ever heard someone ask "What time is it?"'?? Is that correct? Or how about; Did you happen to hear George tell me "Sue asked me 'Have you ever heard someone ask "What time is it?"'???
@@deathmeter7243 when to know you put a comma or a full stop after a sentence in a quotation
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I have been wanting to learn proper punctuation for a long time. Thank you!
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Thank you very much for the detailed guidance on the use of quotations especially relating to quotation within quotation which we rarely come across.
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Thank you Madam for your lesson on Quotation.
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Yep , great one
Excellent explanation of rules 4 & 5, which I had trouble with in the past. English is not an easy language with its syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling anomalies. Thank you for an excellent presentation on one aspect of English.
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Thank you as always for elucidating these rules. If I may, I'd like to ask a question related to direct quotation. If I'm not mistaken, a quotation that grammatically (and pragmatically) continues the flow of your original sentence does not require any punctuation. e.g., It is clear "that climate change will result in the sixth mass extinction," the scientist claimed. When the original sentence is not a complete one, and if the quotation is a stand-alone one, a comma, I believe, is needed. e.g., As Robert Frost wrote, "Writing free verse poetry is akin to playing tennis without a net." Lastly, if the original sentence is a complete sentence, a colon is needed before the quotation begins. e.g., The words of Oscar Wilde have always inspired me: "Everything in moderation, including moderation." I suppose the reason I'm confused is because I've seen commas after full sentences, like my last example. Is what I've written true? Are there any exceptions? Thank you for your time.
Anything that is a direct quote requires quotation marks. If you're paraphrasing, then no.
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Thanks I having quotations and punctuation test in Monday I was have many doubts in quotation marks thanks for clearing my all doubts 😇😊
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Thank you. Do you have a print out, that we can use as a reference, that goes along with the video?
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You answered questions I’ve had for years. Thanks so much. Is there ever a time when you would say… “Does he have the test?”, to which she responded, “Everyone has it!”. Do you ever place a punctuation mark inside the quote for one tone, such as a question, and out side the “ because the entire sentence was in need of a period?
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I know someone who uses quotation marks all the time. For instance, she wrote We go “tent camping” whenever we can. I wrote that sentence just as she did (without using the proper quote marks) so you can comment on her placement of quotation marks around the tent camping words. Hope I’m making sense.
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For the record, English is my first and only language, but your videos help my ilk, as well as your intended subscribers, so thanks. I would like to ask about the second example in Practice 5. Would the following be correct if you had changed the wording to this sentence? Did you hear Cameron scream to his parents, "You're the worst parents ever!"?
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I've been reading a book which uses the American quotation rule, but for words such as 'colours', 'favourite' the british spelling is used. Can you say why that is so? I'm worried because my upcoming book has mostly American spelling but I want to make sure I am being consistent. I have put 'color' instead of 'colour' and I want to make sure I'm not wrong. I am going to check the story with an editor but I would like to get it as error free as possible beforehand.
Thank you very much for your time!🤗
Hello! Is it possible that the book you are reading was published in Canada or written by a Canadian author?
@@SparkleEnglish The book is Honeycomb by Joanne Harris. She is a British-French author (I think). I know she lives in Yorkshire.
I often use American spelling but sometimes I write in words which are more used in Britain or are British and I may be unaware of this difference because my main language is Romanian. My main concern is, "Would this be fine or is it unacceptable?" I'm also thinking that this could be the way a narrator speaks and that should be fine, or at least acceptable, when telling a story, right? It is a short children's story of about 4500 words. I guess I'm just worried of not confusing readers while I'm trying to sneak in certain words that are not as frequently used but have beautiful meaning.😅😓
Do you ever do proofreading for others?
Please explain how and when to use hyphens to connect clauses.
Thank you so much ma'am u explain it very well but of two sentence came with full stop between themm and one person said them than we have to put quotation marks separately or one one both sentences . On 19 I have paper plz teacher tell me.
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Thank you so much. A question if I may. When quoting a quote, i.e., when you use both double and single quotations, can you space them. In other words, is it correct to write like this? I spoke to George yesterday and he said, "Did you talk to Jane? She told me, 'I am quitting my job.' "
It appears correct!
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Hi I was practicing these rules and on practice 3 the second answer, could you go over that answer? ..Not sure if I got that one correct..It starts off The rabbit? I'm not sure but it skipped that one and went straight to next example.
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For the last one it should be... "Did you talk to Jane?" She told me, "'I am quitting my job.'"
Hello madam . I have a question .
Can you please introduce us some free translation apps and websites alternative to Google translate?
I have a specific question. I am taking a transcription exam and the audio says:
If this statement is made:
“The non-circumstantial evidence will show that a 2003 Buick Excelle was stolen on the night of February 8th, 2000, in Poughkeepsie, New York, taken from the fenced-in park-, parking lot of Adam’s Far-, Farm off of Dutchess Turnpike.”
All the pieces of critical content, in this case, the proper nouns, have to be accurate in the transcript.
How would you use the punctuation around this quote?
Hi, Miss. I'm not sure whether your name is Sparkle, but thank you very much for making this great video.
And could you please help me check this following sentence and its punctuations?
We don't have to wait until Mother's Day to say "Mom, I love you!".
And do you think there is always a comma between the word "say" and a quotation mark? Do you think a quotation mark(on the right) has the function of ending a sentence just as a period does, so that it's no use to put a period after the quotation mark(on the right) to end the whole sentence, please?
you need to put a comma after say.
"My dog went to the groomer today," Percival said, "and they said, 'that'll be five-hundred dollars.' I almost fell over."
I wonder if Percival’s dog 🐕 knew it was past time to see the groomer? It certainly seems to be the case. 🤔 😉 😲😳😬 🤣😂🤣
Do you have any writing class Ma’am?
Can you please tell me the correct quotations for the one with The rabbit lol I think the answer wasn't on there? Practice #3
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