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Quotation Marks
Quotation marks are used to set off the exact words of a speaker, to show what a writer has “borrowed” from another book or magazine, to set off the titles of certain publications, and to show that certain words are used in a special way.
491.1 To Set Off Direct Quotations
Quotation marks are placed before and after direct quotations.
Futurist Don Reynolds says, “Today’s students will go through an average of four careers in one life span.”
491.2 For Quoting a Quotation
Single quotation marks are used to punctuate a quotation within a quotation.
“When Mr. Kurt said, ‘Read this book by tomorrow,’ I was stunned,” said Sung Kim.