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

I'm editing my book and noticed I was interchanging single quotation marks and regular quotation marks and not really sure how to make it correct. It sounds like the Brits use the 'single' ones and the Americans use the

Hi What are the rules for quoting multiple paragraphs from a single source (say a newspaper article) if you are quoting them in succession in your work but out of their original order? I remember reading that you put an opening quotation

Do you find highlight color comfortable now? Quite. Shouldn't it be I believe a speed breaker ? Shouldn't it be Something like a speed reducer ? We're referring to the term rather than to the thing. "I think obstacle would be the

Hi rainy day. Your punctuation is quite odd and you need to capitalize the start of each new sentence. You can also divide the story into paragraphs. Some of the sentences need a lot of work: a shodow of a man appears to him from behind

The topic is a personal essay, writing about a story from your life. I think I improperly used quotation marks and such, and kept repeating words very often. I'll appreciate your input :) (especially in grammar usage) I also need better

Thank you. What would be the reason for quotation marks in two places here (from the same previously posted paragraph)? (See "Serial Comma" on p. 49 in our book of writing tips or find the link to the "Serial Comma" tip in our

I'm still working on that English paper I was on about in another post, however now I'm getting more into the mechanics of it. The following is what I have written for a single part: During the epic poem there are examples of the

These punctuation marks (the British call them inverted commas ) come in two forms, double and single. The double quotation marks (opening “ and closing ”) are used to enclose the words of a direct quotation: She said, “I’ll never see you again.”

Hi, Just now, I was writing a little paragraph when I came to an impasse. Take a look: The night was dark and foggy. "How appropriate for the Halloween season", he thought to himself as he made his way across the cornfield. I'm not