Mac Attack  +  446248 Mon, 26 Nov 07 01:39 AM I've tried searching to see if anyone else has brought this up, but it doesn't seem likely. Anyway, my predicament is, as the title states, quoting a quote. Not exactly, anyway. Argh. On with the question. So, in English class for an essay, I'm quoting the author of a poem, who is in turn quoting his uncle, Curt. The line of the poem that I'm quoting is: Uncle Curt laughs, "We're Americans." I'm quoting that. So the real question is, how do I correctly quote that? I tried, "Uncle Curt laughs, "We're Americans."" That quadruple quote thing at the end doesn't seem... right, though. So then I tried, "Uncle Curt laughs, 'We're Americans.'" Are any of these correct? If not, any help for a poor laddie? Mac Attack Essays, Quoting

	Best answer by Grammar Geek  +  446273 Mon, 26 Nov 07 04:01 AM A quote within a quote uses single quotations. Jim said, "My new car is red." Peter said, "I just heard Jim say, 'My new car is red.'" So your last version is correct.   Grammar Geek

	Grammar Geek  +  932930 Thu, 08 Oct 09 04:01 AM I think your son needs to get some clairifaction from his teacher.   Grammar Geek