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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

To quote or not to quote

Can anyone help me with the punctuation needed for the following:

Clay laughed to himslef and thought, "What a woman!"

Does the character's thought get quotation marks?

Thanks,

~Lisa
  

Top answer

I would say yes. It's really internalised speech. In some cases, when the thing thought is less definite, you could do without the quotation marks.

— John C.

  • I would say yes.
  • It's really internalised speech.
  • In some cases, when the thing thought is less definite, you could do without the quotation marks.
  • For instance.
  • Clay laughed to himself and marvelled at the wonderful woman before him.
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I would say yes. It's really internalised speech.

In some cases, when the thing thought is less definite, you could do without the quotation marks. For instance.

Clay laughed to himself and marvelled at the wonderful woman before him.
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