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Do parenthetical citations go inside quotes?
Place a parenthetical citation either immediately after the quotation or at the end of the sentence. Place periods and commas within closing single or double quotation marks. Place other punctuation marks inside quotation marks only when they are part of the quoted material.
Can you put quotation marks in parentheses?
Translations. Less commonly, single quotation marks are used in place of parentheses, in which case the translation is not set off with commas. Also, any punctuation otherwise required by the structure of the sentence is placed outside the single quotation marks.
How do you insert speech marks?
Quotation Marks
- We use quotation marks with direct quotes, with titles of certain works, to imply alternate meanings, and to write words as words.
- Block quotations are not set off with quotation marks.
- The quoted text is capitalized if you’re quoting a complete sentence and not capitalized if you’re quoting a fragment.
Does a period go after a citation?
If a citation in parentheses follows the quotation, the period follows the citation. If a superscript footnote number is used, it follows the period and the quotation marks. Citation follows the quotation marks; period follows the citation.
What is the difference between quotation marks and parentheses?
Both parentheses and quotation marks come in pairs, with information put in between the paired punctuation marks. The main difference between these two types of punctuation (other than their physical appearance) is the kind of information they mark off and enclose.
What are the rules of direct speech?
The general rules of direct speech are:
- Each new character’s speech starts on a new line.
- Speech is opened with speech marks.
- Each line of speech starts with a capital.
- The line of speech ends with a comma, exclamation mark or question mark.
- A reporting clause is used at the end (said Jane, shouted Paul, replied Mum).
Why are my citations not working in BibTeX?
If you have done all of the above and the citations still are’t working: This may also happen in some edge cases, due to how lines are formatted in the .log file and how the build tool reads the file. Adding ypeout {} just before your \\bibliography {…} may help.
Do you see a question mark in BibLaTeX?
If you are using biblatex you will not see a question mark, but instead you will see your citation key in bold. For example, if you have an item in your .bib file with the key Jones1999 you will see Jones1999 in your PDF.
Why is BibTeX not reading my.bib file?
You may have a syntax error in your .bib file that’s preventing bibtex from parsing it correctly. If so, there should be some information about this in the warning messages; fix them accordingly and bibtex should be able to read them again.
Why is BibTeX not working in TeX Live?
If the style isn’t a standard one that comes with TeX Live, you will need to upload the .bst file to your project. You may have a syntax error in your .bib file that’s preventing bibtex from parsing it correctly.