Quotation marks:
○Use double quotation marks to set off a direct (word-for-
word) quotation. ■Example: "I hope you will be here," he
said.
○Always capitalize the first word in a complete
quotation, even mid-sentence. ■Example: Lamarr said,
"The case is far from over, and we will win." ○Do not
capitalize quoted material that continues a sentence.
■Example: Lamarr said that the case was "far from over"
and that "we will win."
○Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations.
■Examples: He said, "I don't care." "Why," I asked, "don't
you care?" ■This rule is optional with one-word
quotations. ●Example: He said "Stop."
○If the quotation comes before he said, she wrote, they
reported, Dana insisted, or a similar attribution, end the
quoted material with a comma, even if it is only one
word. ■Examples: "I don't care," he said. "Stop," he said.
○If a quotation functions as a subject or object in a
sentence, it might not need a comma. ■Examples: Is "I
don't care" all you can say to me? Saying "Stop the car"
was a mistake. ○Periods and commas ALWAYS go inside
quotation marks. ■Examples: The sign said, "Walk." Then
it said, "Don't Walk," then, "Walk," all within thirty
seconds.
○If a question is within the quoted material, a question
mark should be placed inside the quotation marks.
■Examples: She asked, "Will you still be my friend?"
○Put the title of a short work—one that is or could be part
of a larger undertaking—in quotation marks.
■Example:Richard Burton performed the song "Camelot"
in the 1960 Broadway musical Camelot.
○Use single quotation marks for quotations within
quotations. ONLY use single quotations for this purpose!!
