Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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6.Ifyouaddwords,putsquarebracketsaroundthewordsyouhaveadded.

Oneathletedeclared,"Thetestersknowthatthe[drug]gurusaresmarter

thantheyare"(qtd.inBambergerandYaeger62).

7.Usesinglequotationmarkstoenclosea quotationwithina quotation.

A youngathleteopenlyadmitted,"Myethicalinnervoicetellsme,'Don'tuse

drugs,'butmycompetitiveinnervoicesays,'Youcan'twinif youdon't'"

(Jones).

PRJ\CTICE 2

PunctuatingDirectQuotations.

8.Ifyourquotationisfourlinesorlonger,donotusequotationmarks.

Introducethistypeofquotationwithacolonandindentit oneinchfrom

theleft-handmargin.

A nationalnewsagencyreportedtheseshockingsurveyresults:

Severalyearsago[when] 198 athleteswereaskedif theywouldtake

a performance-enhancingdrugif theyknewtheywouldNOTbe

caughtandtheywouldwin, 195 saidtheywouldtakethedrug.The

secondquestionrevealeda morefrighteningscenario.Theathletes

wereaskedif theywouldtakea drugthatwouldensuretheywould

wineverycompetitionforfiveyearsandwouldn'tgetcaught,butthe

sideeffectswouldkillthem-morethanHALFsaidtheywouldtake

thedrug("2000Olympics,"par.12).

Formoreexamplesshowingtheuseofquotationmarks,seepages288-289in

AppendixB.

Addpunctuationtothefollowingdirectquotations,andchangethecapitalizationif

necessary.

1.Dr.YixuanMa,a well-knownastrophysicistwhohasbeenstudyingblack

holes,saidtheyarethemostinterestingphenomenaweastrophysicists have

everstudied.

2.Assheexplainedinblackholesthelawsofnaturedonotseemtoapply.

3.Ablackholeisa tinypointwiththemass 25 timesthemassofoursun

explainedMa'sassociate,Chun-YiSuoBlackholesarecreatedbythedeath

ofa verylargestarshestated.

4. It isaninvisiblevacuumcleanerinspacesheaddedwithtremendous
   gravitationalpull.
   5.AccordingtoDr.Su,ifa personfallsintoablackhole,hewilleventually
   becrushedduetothetremendousgravitationalforces.
   6.Timewillslowdownforhimasheapproachesthepointofnoreturnshe
   saidandwhenhereachesthepointofnoreturn,timewillstandstill
   forhim.