QUOTATION MARKS:
1) Set off explanatory expressions with commas. In
this example, attribution ("the mayor said") is inserted between
the dependent clause ("If we ...") and the independent clause, ("we
will")
2) Place periods and commas within quotation marks.
3) Place a question mark inside quotation marks if
the quotation is a question. But if the quoted material is not a question,
put the question mark outside the quotation marks.
4) Semicolons are placed outside quotation marks.
5) A colon goes outside the quotation marks unless
it is part of the quotation itself.
6) Use quotation marks for titles of books, lectures,
movies, operas, plays, poems, songs, speeches, television shows and works
of art. Do not use these marks for names of magazines, newspapers, references
books or the bible.
To do a practice exercise on punctuation, please go to the next page.
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