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If I start a quotation with someone speaking, do I use triple speech-marks?
I want to quote a sentence, with the beginning of the quote starting with someone speaking. Do I use tripple quoation marks for this?
I.E:
"Quiet", says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls.
I want to quote the above in an essay. Do I start the quote with quotations marks, so it would look like this:
""Quiet", says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls."
OR
'"Quiet", says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls.'
All advise appreciated!
3 Answers
- FroggyLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
No, you wouldn't use double double quote marks - you could use the single glyph mark on the first top key on your keyboard.
`"Quiet", says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls.`
If your sentence is a direct quote, then it's sufficient to use single glyphs at the start and end of the quote. Double glyphs are used for 'speech'.
'"Quiet", says one of the Guardians behind the counter, and we hush like schoolgirls.'
Source(s): Educator - kaliesqLv 710 years ago
Put double and single quotation marks before "quiet," a single quotation mark after it, and a double quotation mark at the end of the sentence.
