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Sinbadfromtheboard Posted 13 years ago
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Do long quotes need quotation marks ?
I am not talking about block quotes, such as in an MLA paper. I am referring to when you insert popular quotes in a publication such as a book, magazine, etc. These quotes are places off the side, independent to the text itself. There are the types of quotes you may notice at the beginning of books. These are the types of quotes that are labeled with the em dash followed by the attributing person's name. In this instance, are actual quotation marks around the quote always necessary, or are they the publisher's stylistic choice ?
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sinbadfromtheboard In this instance, are actual quotation marks around the quote always necessary, or are they the publisher's stylistic choice ? I think they're the publisher's style choice. Something will set the quote off instead, though—indentation, italics or a different typeset, for instance.
- sinbadfromtheboard In this instance, are actual quotation marks around the quote always necessary, or are they the publisher's stylistic choice ?
- I think they're the publisher's style choice.
- Something will set the quote off instead, though—indentation, italics or a different typeset, for instance.
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sinbadfromtheboardIn this instance, are actual quotation marks around the quote always necessary, or are they the publisher's stylistic choice ?I think they're the publisher's style choice. Something will set the quote off instead, though—indentation, italics or a different typeset, for instance.
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