What is the correct way to use punctuation with quotation marks?: Difference between revisions

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== In dialogue, begin a new parapraph to mark a change in speaker. ==
== In dialogue, begin a new parapraph to mark a change in speaker. ==
*"Mom, his name is Willie, not William. A thousand times I've told you, it's Willie."  "Willie is a derivative of William, Lester.  Surely his birth certificate doesn't have Willie on it, and I like calling people by their proper names."  "Yes, it does, ma'ma.  My mother named me Willie K Mason."    -Gloria Naylor
*"Mom, his name is Willie, not William. A thousand times I've told you, it's Willie."  "Willie is a derivative of William, Lester.  Surely his birth certificate doesn't have Willie on it, and I like calling people by their proper names."  "Yes, it does, ma'ma.  My mother named me Willie K Mason."    -Gloria Naylor
'''Remember'''  If a single speaker utters more than one paragraph, introduce each paragraph with quotation marks, but do not use closing quotation marks until the end of the speech
*'''Remember'''  If a single speaker utters more than one paragraph, introduce each paragraph with quotation marks, but do not use closing quotation marks until the end of the speech


For more examples.http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/
For more examples.http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/
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*'''Example:''' Have you heard the old proverb "Do not climb the hill until you reach it"?
*'''Example:''' Have you heard the old proverb "Do not climb the hill until you reach it"?


== For more examples and tutorial ==
*[http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm Guilde to Grammar and Writing]
*[http://Daliygrammar.com Daliy Grammar]
*[http://english-zone.com/index.php English Zone]
== Work cited ==
== Work cited ==
[http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref Hacker]
*[http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref Hacker]
[http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu Owl]
*[http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu Owl]
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