By Quotation marks, Direct speech

.She says "What time will you be home?"She said "What time will you be home?"Neither of those are reported speech. They are both direct speech, the first spoken in the present and the second spoken in the past. Reported speech does not have quotation marks, but looks like...

Maybe the colon use is not American, but is it OK to use it?According to wikipedia (on colon usage):"segmental: introduces a direct speech, in combination with quotation marks and dashes. ..Julian Duguid, author of Green Hell (1931), starts his book boldly: “When a man yields to the urge of...

Hi, Can someone please help me. I'm trying to figure out the correct way of typing this: She asked us: what do we think? She asked us, "What do we think?" I want to use the quotes but keep telling myself, it's not really a quote since it doesn't read, "What do you think?" If you want to...

Hi, What do you mean, "I lost"? I hit the ball in first! What do you mean I lost? (Quoted from a dictionary) Why use quotation marks? It's indirect speech, isn't it? True, in that scenario. But in this one, it's direct speech. A: I had a winning position on the chess board, but I...

Clive wrote:1. What do you mean, "I lost"? I hit the ball in first! What do you mean I lost? (Quoted from a dictionary) Why use quotation marks? It's indirect speech, isn't it?

ScienceNerd wrote: Okay, I'm stuck on my English homework. On my first problem it says I'm really looking forward to my Algebra class with Miss Fink. Whats wrong with that? I see nothing wrong. As you can see im not very good in English. I also have a few more questions. Whats wrong with...

Hi, Why does a comma go before the second set of quotation marks?For example:"I'm sorry Gaz, but it's just not working out," said Mandy. "It's not you; it's me."It seems arbitrary that a comma should be part of the direct speech. My character Mandy hasn't paused for breath! I'm sure there must...

Hello, all.Why does a comma go before the second set of quotation marks?For example:"I'm sorry Gaz, but it's just not working out," said Mandy. "It's not you; it's me."It seems arbitrary that a comma should be part of the direct speech. My character Mandy hasn't paused for breath! I'm sure there...

IMO, this type of colon is similar to: -------- the segmental colon : introduces a direct speech, in combination with quotation marks and dashes. This ... was once a common means of indicating an unmarked quotation on the same line (from the Fowlers' grammar book, The King's...

Hi, When I wrote I gotta cook dinner = I have to cook dinner, I actually meant to write I gotta cook dinner = I have got to cook dinner. american don't use it "gotta"? I didn't say they don't use it. i saw it on the harrpy potter and sorcerer's stone while i was reading I hope it was in...