288 AppendixBI PunctuationRules
OuotationMarks
QuotationmarksC...")havethreebasicuses:toenclosedirectquotations,to
encloseunusualwords,andtoenclosetitlesofshortworks.Around.DirectQuotations
Usequotationmarksarounda directquotationthatisshorterthanthreelines.A
directquotationstatestheexactwordsofa speakerandis usuallyintroducedbya
reportingphrasesuchashesaidorasthereportstated.
Punctuationwithquotationmarkscanbea littletricky.Herearesomerulesto
follow:- Separatea quotedsentencefroma reportingphrasewitha comma.
Thereceptionistsaid,"Thedoctoris unavailablerightnow.Pleasewait."
"Wehavealreadybeenwaitingforanhour,"weanswered.2.Periodsandcommasgoinsidethesecondquotationmarkofa pair."I thoughthewasresponsible,"hesaid,"butheisn't."- Colonsandsemicolonsgooutsidequotationmarks.
"Givemelibertyorgivemedeath":thesearefamouswords.
4.Exclamationpoints(!)andquestionmarks(?)goinsidequotationmarks
iftheyarea partofthequotation;otherwise,theygooutside.
"Isit eighto'clock?"sheasked.Didshesay,"Itis eighto'clock"?5.Begineachquotedsentencewitha capitalletter.Whena quotedsentenceis
dividedintotwoparts,thesecondpartbeginswitha lowercaseletterunless
it isa new sentence.
"Ithoughthewasresponsible,"hesaid,"butheisn't.""I thinkheisresponsible,"hesaid."lookathisfinework."6.UsesinglequotationmarksC...')toenclosea quotationwithina quota-
tion.
AsJohnF.Kennedyremindedus,"WeshouldneverforgetthewordsofMartin
LutherKing,Jr.,whosaid,'Ihavea dream.'"Around.UnusualWords
Usequotationmarksaroundwordswithanunusual,especiallyironic,meanings.The"banquet"consistedofhotdogsandsoftdrinks.
Thelittlegirlproudlyshowedher"masterpiece":a crayondrawingofa flower.