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== Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotation == | == Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotation == | ||
*"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. | *"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. | ||
'''Remember:''' Do not use quotation marks around indirect quotations. An indirect quotation reports someone's ideas without using that person's exact words. | *'''Remember:''' Do not use quotation marks around indirect quotations. An indirect quotation reports someone's ideas without using that person's exact words. | ||
== In dialogue, begin a new parapraph to mark a change in speaker. == | == In dialogue, begin a new parapraph to mark a change in speaker. == | ||