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lalala
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lalala asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 3 years ago

Do you need quotations for a common phrase?

I'm writing about a policy that would arm teachers with guns and will say how some people believe that a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun. I wouldn't personally phrase it this way, but I only will simply because that's how I commonly see it online and elsewhere. Would I need to use quotations?

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  • Mr. Smartypants
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
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    No. Quotations are only needed when you're quoting someone's exact words. Slogans aren't anyone's exact words.

  • Mike
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    if it is a PROPER NAME description, use quote marks...if generic, not needed.

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