"Some laws," he intoned, "are made to be broken."
"Put those books on the shelves, she said, Or we'll never be able to locate them again."
The title of the first chapter in the new science book is "Introduction to the Planet Earth".
Her short story, "The Last Day of Spring," won first prize.
2006-12-31 05:22:25 · 9 answers · asked by sunshyne 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The first is correct.
The second is incorrect because only the words attributed to the speaker go inside the quotes. The words describing the speaker's action (intoned or said) go outside (as in the first sentence.)
The third and fourth are a matter of style. Generally if the titles are part of a larger work, e.g. the science book or a book of short stories, then quotation marks are used. If the work can stand alone, say the title of a movie or book (or perhaps a short story published by itself), it would be underlined or italicized. I have seen mainstream publications do either.
2006-12-31 05:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Patienttraffic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence appears to be correct, since it stops and restarts the quotations for the section that was not actually spoken.
The second sentence does not do this, as it makes it appear as if the speaker also said the words "she said".
The third sentence is correctly quoting a book cover, and is fine for me, but some english teachers may tell you that the book title should only have had single quotes (') not double (").
And finally, the last sentence incorrectly contains the comma within the quotes. It was probably not part of her short story title, and so that is incorrect.
2006-12-31 05:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A, C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. C Writing "The New York Times" is okay if that's the name of the newspaper. If it's just "New York Times" the "The" shouldn't be in quotation marks. Using single quotation marks is also okay but it has to be consistent. You can't use double and single for the same purpose.
2016-05-22 23:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one.
2006-12-31 05:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Math Teacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1st, 3rd and 4th sentences use the quotation marks correctly.
2006-12-31 05:31:24 · answer #5 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence.
2006-12-31 06:56:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first one
2006-12-31 05:30:37 · answer #7 · answered by maya 92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First sentence.
2006-12-31 05:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by justme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I see all of them do. But it been a while since I was in school.
2006-12-31 05:32:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋