Quotation Marks
ELACC4L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. b. Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Rule 1. Use double quotation marks to set off a direct (word-for-word) quotation.
Correct: "When will you be here?" he asked. Incorrect: He asked "when I would be there."
Rule 2. Either quotation marks or italics are customary for titles: magazines, books, plays, films, songs, poems, article titles, chapter titles, etc.
Rule 3a. 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.
He yelled, "Hurry up."
Rule 3b. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations.
Example: He said, "Dan cried,
'Do not treat me that way.' "
Note that the period goes inside both the single and double quotation marks.
Rule 4. Quotation marks are often used with technical terms, terms used in an unusual way, or other
expressions that vary from standard usage.
Examples: It's an oil-extraction method known as "fracking."
He did some "experimenting" in his college days.
I had a visit from my "friend" the tax man.
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Correct: "When will you be here?" he asked. Incorrect: He asked "when I would be there."
Rule 2. Either quotation marks or italics are customary for titles: magazines, books, plays, films, songs, poems, article titles, chapter titles, etc.
Rule 3a. 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.
He yelled, "Hurry up."
Rule 3b. Use single quotation marks for quotations within quotations.
Example: He said, "Dan cried,
'Do not treat me that way.' "
Note that the period goes inside both the single and double quotation marks.
Rule 4. Quotation marks are often used with technical terms, terms used in an unusual way, or other
expressions that vary from standard usage.
Examples: It's an oil-extraction method known as "fracking."
He did some "experimenting" in his college days.
I had a visit from my "friend" the tax man.
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/dialogue/preview.weml