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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Quoting a quote

I am trying to use a quote from a book. In that statement someone is talking. How do I use the quotation marks?
  

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If you are using double quotation marks (") to set off your excerpt from the book, then use a single quotation mark (') around the speaker's words. If you set off your excerpt by using a block indentation, then simply use normal quotation marks for the speaker's words. " Does this answer your question?

— Doctor D

  • If you are using double quotation marks (") to set off your excerpt from the book, then use a single quotation mark (') around the speaker's words.
  • If you set off your excerpt by using a block indentation, then simply use normal quotation marks for the speaker's words.
  • " Does this answer your question?
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If you are using double quotation marks (") to set off your excerpt from the book, then use a single quotation mark (') around the speaker's words. If you set off your excerpt by using a block indentation, then simply use normal quotation marks for the speaker's words.

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