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

Are you sure it is not required? A pause there seems natural, and many texts state that after any form of to say a comma is required. I thought that the quotation marks were not strictly required because this is a form of silent speech but that

Are you sure it is not required? A pause there seems natural, and many texts state that after any form of to say a comma is required. I thought that the quotation marks were not strictly required because this is a form of silent speech but that

direct speech /qouted speech Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech) Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word. For

I decided to join the “Greenpeace International.” CAN U TELL ME IF GREENPEACE SHOULD BE IN SPEECH MARKS? RODS No. Do not put it in quotation marks. There are 2 uses for quotes: direct speech, and sarcasm. I invested my money with

In my opinion, we should add quotation marks to the sentence above. It should be: John Doe said: "Although there is ..like Jane". For the latter question, I think the most correct sentence is: John Doe said "I will do it". If

Hi everyone, I'm a little confused about how to punctuate speech (i.e., where to put the full stop, comma, and quotation marks) Here's what I understand: For direct speech: She said, "Hello." / "Hello," she said. For

But it is, of course, complete baloney, hooey, nonsense, and ... from "hanbag", but I'm by no means sure of that. He made no claim about your speech, he just said that if your are sounding the "d", it is a spelling

No, not really. The American term for ... "inverted commas," when applied to most fonts, is literally incorrect. Which is why I often, most often I think, in my British written English use the expression 'quotation marks' unless

... } I'm not American, Bob. I'm British, so I don't have to call } "them" what you call "them", You're in America, right? Nobody blames you for being British, but it's irrelevant. } and you don't have