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SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS
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DOUBLE QUOTATION MARKS
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Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson (p. 209)
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The Fix by David Baldacci (p. 133)
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‘Mother of the bride.’
‘Dead?’ ‘Unharmed.’ ‘Then why make the connection?’ ‘I don’t know,’ said Banks. |
“I bet she’s never even been down here,” noted Milligan.
“No, she has.” “How do you know that?” “Point your light at the steps coming down.” |
SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS WITH NESTED DOUBLES
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DOUBLE QUOTATION MARKS WITH NESTED SINGLES
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Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson (p. 261)
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The Fix by David Baldacci (p. 428)
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Ray studied his drink and narrowed his eyes. ‘You can be cruel sometimes, you know. I don’t know where you got it from. “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth …” Your mother didn’t have a cruel bone in her body.’
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“I had no idea why he was bringing that up now. So when I asked him he said, ‘Remember when the going got tough, who was there for you. Remember your old man was right there holding your hand. Always think of me trying to do the right thing, honey. Always. No matter what.’”
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File No. 047
Interview with Vincent Couture, Graduate Student Location: Underground Complex, Denver, CO —Dr Franklin said you had a breakthrough. —I did. It’s not language. —Already you lost me. —I couldn’t figure out the meaning of the symbols. The more I thought about it, the more I realized I wasn’t supposed to. —Now you have really lost me. Please say something, anything, that will make sense to me. |
‘[…] My father described the regular pom-pom-pom of the cannons and the increasingly high-pitched wails of the planes as they dived. He said he’d heard them every night since.
‘The last day of the battle he was standing on the bridge when they saw a plane emerging. […] Then he jumped overboard and was gone.’ |
Speech tag following complete sentence: comma before closing quotation mark
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“Give that back,” he said, putting down the burger and holding out his hand.
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Speech tag following question: question mark before closing quotation mark
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“You don’t like him?” I asked, keeping the phone out of his reach.
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Speech tag following exclamation: exclamation mark before closing quotation mark
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“Hey!” he said, spewing a shred of lettuce.
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No speech tag following a complete sentence: full stop before closing quotation mark
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Jeremy, looking uncomfortable as he took his burger in both hands, said, “It’s okay, Charlene.”
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With vocative comma
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Without comma
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“Let’s eat, children,” said a salivating Jenny.
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“Let’s eat children,” said a salivating Jenny.
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“Shoot, Sergeant Fowler!” ordered the captain.
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“Shoot Sergeant Fowler!” ordered the captain.
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