Quotation Marks in Dialogue

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What are quotation marks used for in dialogue?

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Quotation marks are used to indicate the exact words spoken by a person.

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Where do quotation marks appear in a sentence with dialogue?

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Quotation marks appear at the beginning and end of the spoken words.

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How should a dialogue sentence be structured with quotation marks?

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A dialogue sentence should start with a capital letter inside the quotation marks and end with punctuation before the closing quotation mark.

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What is the correct placement of quotation marks in the sentence: Ling said, 'Get a square of paper.'?

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The correct placement is: Ling said, 'Get a square of paper.' (using single quotes for the spoken words is also acceptable in some styles).

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What punctuation is used to separate the dialogue from the speaker's tag?

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A comma is used to separate the dialogue from the speaker's tag.

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In the sentence 'Fold it half diagonally,' she added, where are the quotation marks?

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The quotation marks are around 'Fold it half diagonally'.

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What is a speaker's tag?

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A speaker's tag is a phrase that attributes the dialogue to a specific person, such as 'she said' or 'Ling replied'.

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How do you indicate a pause or interruption in dialogue?

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You can use an em dash (—) to indicate a pause or interruption in dialogue.

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What is the rule for capitalizing the first word in a quotation?

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The first word of a quotation should be capitalized if it is a complete sentence.

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How do you handle quotations within quotations?

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Use single quotation marks for the inner quotation when there is a quotation within a quotation.