Quotation Marks

Use quotation marks for titles of short works like articles, poems, or songs.

A statement in dialogue should end with a period inside the quotation marks, e.g., "I am going to the store."

Always capitalize the first letter of a name in dialogue, such as 'Bob' instead of 'bob'.

To indicate direct speech, quotations, or titles of short works.

"Let's go to the park," suggested Anna.

A question in dialogue should end with a question mark inside the quotation marks, e.g., "Are you coming?"

Use single quotation marks for the inner quote, e.g., "He said, 'Hello!'".

Quotation marks are used for short works, while italics are used for long works like books and movies.

Use a comma before the closing quotation mark when the dialogue is followed by a tag, e.g., "I love reading," she said.

To denote spoken words, direct quotes, or titles of short works.