By Quoting

Souroin wrote: Hello everyone, I'm not sure which forum my question may fall under, so forgive me if I posted to a wrong forum. Quoting from PBS site: The Roman philosopher Seneca knew that "it is useful to be assured that the heavings of the earth are not the work of angry deities. These...

Hello everyone, I'm not sure which forum my question may fall under, so forgive me if I posted to a wrong forum. Quoting from PBS site: The Roman philosopher Seneca knew that "it is useful to be assured that the heavings of the earth are not the work of angry deities. These phenomena have...

Scribbler wrote: What about in a sentence such as: But ultimately, he said, “success really does build success.” (Same as stated below.) or Ultimately, he said, “the war machinery that uses force will benefit more in the long term,” stressing that it must be considered how the people...

Hi, Usually what I see is this form whenever quoting is involved: He said, "I need your help." But then, I seem to see these kinds of quoting styles (if I can call them that) -- one seems to be in indirect quoting style: 1. He told reporters that this is a bad way to deal with the situation...

No, "little Stevie King" is the substitute for Chuck Yeager. He's the one who's going to test whatever it is. Stratford is, I assume, the town where they live (or perhaps it's the name of their school---I'm not sure what you're quoting). As its "answer" or substitute for Chuck Yeager, Stratford...

Hi, Where would the commas be (if any) in this sentence? -- The quote "Romance at short notice was her specialty" shows that she is rather skilled at making up stories like these. The term 'quote' is an informal versionof the word 'quotation'. I suggest that you use the full form, since you...

Oh, Barbara. Are you quoting a popular song, perhaps? Why would you want to mislead our poor learners in this way? All the "i'm-a" business aside, there's nothing wrong with, "I"m going to buy myself some fries." It's grammatically correct and makes abundantly clear not only who is paying for the...

Hi Zerox As far as I know there is no rule in quoting texts. You can either use three full stops or just a single one. For example, in the short story The Book of Sand, Borges cites a fragment of George Herbert's poem "The Collar" ... thy rope of sands... using three full stops twice between...

I couldn't find any info on this on the Internet, so I ask it here. I'm doing an essay and I want to add a quote in the text. However, I do not desire to quote the whole sentence, that is, I wish to quote only the things before a comma and not the things after the comma. I just can't remember how...

The paper is in MLA format and I had some trouble keeping it in present tense, block quoting a speech from poetry, and siting the poetry inside the paragraphs themselves help would be very very appreciated. sorry its so long. also I dont know if i like my closing statement, should I add more or...