I am looking for suggestions as to how to punctuate a quote within speech. The actual quote is made-up and reads as follows: 'Ne'er ruffled were a calm, clear lake Without a boat the wake to make.' I would like to insert

My dad recently passed away and we wanted to put a few lines of song lyrics on his headstone from a song he wrote. Do we use quotation marks? After the last line, do we put a - and then his name so people know he was the artist?

The titles of short stories are enclosed in quotation marks: "The Luck of Roaring Camp", by Bret Harte

No, there's no 'the' required. By the way, the quotation marks around 'soft' already sort of mean 'so-called'. The sentence itself is not complete; what about these schools?

Please Google each word ('inverted commas' are also called 'quotation marks') for extensive explanations of each punctuation.

Opinions are common. Everyone has one. However, regardless of what you think seems worse or better, you need to follow the style expected by the audience you are writing for.

This english "dialog style" seems worse if you ask me. Like the name sais "quotation mark" it should "quote" something and the dialog line should introduce dialog. My character is talking to me not quoting

"Hello", she said. "Hi", he answered. "Hello," she said. (The comma goes inside the quotation marks.) "Hi," he answered. (as above)

Well if you're still writing, as you imply, it might be a good idea to check with the publishers now.  They may correct it for you.  It's common in Europe, from my limited experience to use the first style, but  I have never seen an

Ok, I'm stuck with something. I'm writing a book and I am using the dialog line because I come from a country where that is how we write dialog. Example: - Hello, she said. - Hi, he answered. Now since I moved into an english talking