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punctuations for a quotation

0We are all sure that this sentence is correct in the use of the punctuations for a quotation: 02br
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001. Tom said01font01font01b00,02b02font00 02font00"I am a teacher01b01font00.02font02b00"02br
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00I wonder if I can make this one by imitating the one above:02br
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002. Article 100 of the Civil Rights Act stipulates01font00,02font00 "01font00B02font00lacks has equal rights to education with the whites01b01font00.02font02b00" 02br
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00Besides, how about changing the comma marked as red into a colon and keeping the rest as it is in the above two examples. 02br
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00Thanks a lot. 0-
  

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0#1 is not necessarily correct; it depends on which side of the Atlantic it is composed. BrE puts the period outside the closing quotation mark. 02br 02br 00Personally, I would go to reported speech except for longer quotations-- it's more consistent:01i 00 Tom said that he was a teacher.

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  • 0#1 is not necessarily correct; it depends on which side of the Atlantic it is composed.
  • BrE puts the period outside the closing quotation mark.
  • 02br 02br 00Personally, I would go to reported speech except for longer quotations-- it's more consistent:01i 00 Tom said that he was a teacher.
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0#1 is not necessarily correct; it depends on which side of the Atlantic it is composed. BrE puts the period outside the closing quotation mark. Otherwise, your examples are fine; a colon would be somewhat misused here.02br
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00Personally, I would go to reported speech except for longer quotations-- it's more consistent:01i00 Tom said that he was a teacher.
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