Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks). SPI 0701.1.15
Links verified on 5/22/2014
- Quiz on Using Quotation Marks - from the Guide to Grammar and Writing, sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, CT
- Quotation Mark Abuse - a page of examples posted at Flickr
- Quotation Marks and Colons - quiz
- Quotation Marks - a rundown of the general rules of when and where to use quotation marks [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Quotation Marks - Place commas and periods inside, not outside, quotation marks. Place all other punctuation outside quotation marks unless it was contained in the original source.
- The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks - quotation marks turn up in the strangest of places
- Quotation Marks - In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.
- Single Quotation Marks - Use single quotation marks for a quotation or title using quotation marks inside another quotation or title which uses quotation marks.
- Single Quotation Marks vs Double Quotation Marks - thanks to Grammar Girl for this extensive explanation
- Worksheet - fifteen sentences to edit [quotation marks] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- Worksheet from Georgia Southern University - three passages to edit [quotation marks] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
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