How do I correctly quote what someone else said?

Tom: I love English. Sue: What DOES Tom SAY? George: Oh, he SAYS that he LOVES

English. Monica: I didn't hear Tom. What DID he SAY? George: He SAID that he LOVED English. Sue: What did Monica ask you? George: Oh, she ASKED me what Tom HAD SAID. Dear anon., there are many rules that you will have to study and practice. Good luck!

This is difficult to answer, because of I do not know what it is for.

Basically you use " ". Quote EXACTLY what the person said. If there are missing words use, [ ].

example:

Jimmy wrote me this note, "not in today, too sick".

Writing it as:

"not in today, [because he's] too sick".

adding the [ ] helps the reader under

Anonymous is correct too, but that was is not common or academically accepted.

Other ways are using italics.

And John said to me, please stop making that noise, and I said, Well okay!

Please ask your teacher what he/she wants.

Please note too, that academic sources like MLA and APA styles CHANGE - every year!!! So you must bu

But George didn't say that he LOVED English, he said that he LOVES it.

I love you

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