Quotations and dialogue are one of the most powerful tools in the Toolbox of the writer. They bring your writing to life. They give your piece voice and make the words jump page. As already stated by the famous writer Stephen King, "" what people often say passes their character to other ways in which they - speakers - ignore completely. ""
While most bloggers understand the power of the quotes, they do not know how to properly format. This position is an intensive course of how to use and punctuate quotations in your writing.Please note that there are exceptions to some of these rules (depending on whether you use the American standard or the standard UK). But for the most part if you follow these rules you will be fine.
All citations should be capitalized, except for fragments. If your quotes are not capitalized, your readers may think that this is a partial quote with the points of suspension failed.
Even when quote you someone from environment, you must take advantage of the citation.
As George Santayana has so well said, "those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat."
Let's say you want to break the following quote in two paragraphs:
"I always say to people," said Archer in an interview, "do not write on the Goblin;" write assistants simply because they are in. Write what you feel comfortable with. Always remember Jane Austen. [It] has lived in a small village and has written about his mother being unable to get rid of the four girls. Then, she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of three girls. Then she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of two girls. »
Most people open and close the citation for each paragraph:
"I always say to people," said Archer in an interview, "do not write on the Goblin;" write assistants simply because they are in. "Write what you feel comfortable with."
"Always remember Jane Austen." [It] has lived in a small village and has written about his mother being unable to get rid of the four girls. Then, she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of three girls. Then she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of two girls. »
The right way to do, it's not step to close the quotation at the end of each paragraph, only the last time:
"I always say to people," said Archer in an interview, "do not write on the Goblin;" write assistants simply because they are in. Write what you feel comfortable with.
"Always remember Jane Austen." [It] has lived in a small village and has written about his mother being unable to get rid of the four girls. Then, she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of three girls. Then she wrote about her mother being unable to get rid of two girls. »
It's amazing how many mistakes make us when speaking. It is only when transcribe you the speech of paper that you see these errors. As a writer then you are authorized to clean up the citations.
For example, consider the following quote:
"There are 1,000 people in the room, and everyone love what I do."
Clean so that the verb agrees with the "people" in the plural.
"There are 1,000 people in the room, and everyone love what I do."
The only exception is if you want to sound author without instruction that you leave the citation in its original form.
If you need to add a citation, not just include additional words in the quote. Use the "[]" marker to display your additions.
As he said in an interview, "[the Crown] was lower than the claim of Columbus that China was 10,000 miles more closely as the popular belief of the time".
Say you want to insert a quote incorrectly written in its original form (whether by design or by mistake), but you do not want your readers to think that you are the source of the error.
The poster read, "Old skool remixes are the koolest."
"Skool" and "koolest" are written incorrectly. To fix this, simply include [sic] after each word.
The poster read, "Old skool [sic] remixes are the koolest [sic]".
This allows the reader knows that you are not the source of the error.
If you want to insert a quote that has a citation within it, use a pair of single quotation marks (' ') to enclose the sub-quote.
"The pilot said me ' where you want to go today?" "
You place commas and periods (full stops) the outside or inside the quotation marks? Answer: It depends. The American standard is that commas and periods go inside quotation marks, regardless of the logic:
As my grandfather used to say, "better get out as a tenant in anger."
The English standard is that the commas and periods following logic:
As my grandfather used to say, "better off as a tenant in anger".
If you do not know what standard to follow, include periods inside quotation marks and commas.
When it comes to question marks (?) and points of exclamation mark (!) standards both American and English follow logic. So if the question is in the quote itself, place the within quotation marks. In addition, place outside quotation marks.
At that time, he asked himself, "is worth the effort.
Do you agree with the adage, "familiarity breeds contempt"?
Follow these rules and your writing will look more professional, to help you establish an authority in the minds of the readers of your blog.
If you know other errors that I have not covered here (I know, there is a little more) Please share with us in the comments section.
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