How do you know which quotation marks to use?
First things first: decide whether you will use double or single quotation marks for the initial quote. If you use single quotation marks, then you should use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote. If you use double quotation marks, then you should use single quotation marks for a quote within a quote.
How many quotation marks are there?
Regarding their appearance, there are two types of quotation marks: ‘…’ and “…” are known as neutral, vertical, straight, typewriter, dumb, or ASCII quotation marks. The left and right marks are identical.
Do you ever use triple quotation marks?
Triple quotations don’t require the escape characters because you shouldn’t ever need to use triple quotes within the string. Essentially, it makes the string more readable.
Does a full stop come after a quotation mark?
If the quotation ends a sentence or is a sentence in its own right, place the final full stop before the final quotation mark.
When to use single quotation marks?
Single quotation marks may be used to enclose or rather indicate a quote within a quote, for example: “When I say you should be ‘cautious’ when walking along the street at night, I mean you should be extremely careful. Single quotation marks can also be used in headlines, let’s say of news.
Where to place quote marks?
Quotation marks are always used in pairs; you must have quotation marks at the beginning and at the end of quoted material. When opening quotation marks are placed at the beginning of a quote, the closing quotation marks are not added until the speaker changes or the quotation is interrupted.
How do you punctuate quotation marks?
Use a single quotation mark to begin it and punctuate it as you would a regular quote, with the period coming before you close the quotation with a second single quotation mark. Normally, a quote within a quote like this will be brief, since people usually use only short direct quotes from another person.
When do you use quotations marks?
Quotation marks (“”) Quotation marks (also known as speech marks, quotes or inverted commas) are used to set off direct speech and quotations. In academic writing, you need to use quotation marks when you quote a source.