Confused about sentences with quotations?

Question

I've been learning English for afew month now and I'm a little confused on how sentences with quotes work ^^;


I have seen sentences with huge quotes after them in newspapers and I'm not sure how many sentences they would count as.

Here is an example from a newspaper

President George Bush hailed the sentence. He said in Texas: “This trial is a milestone in the Iraqi people’s efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law. Today the victims of this regime have received a measure of the justice many thought would never come. Iraq has a lot of work ahead as it builds its society that protects all its citizens. Let history record today’s judgement as an important achievement on the path to a free and just and unified society.”


How many sentences would that count as? Thank you and I apologize if my English is hard to understand.

Answer 1

There are 4 sentences in the quotation, and 5 in the whole paragraph.

Answer 2

Quotation marks "like this" or more acceptable now 'single inverted commas' are placed around quotes taken directly from someone elses work. It does not matter how many sentences involved as long as the direct lift from the author is surrounded by the inverted commas. However, as a rule of thumb, it is not considered good practice to use large chunks of someone else's work in this way in say an essay.

Answer 3

Irrespective of the number of sentences or paragraphs the Quotation Marks (exactly as you have used them) indicate the exact words that George Bush said. That is, reported speech.

In novels you may read: "What do you think you are doing?" said Peter. Anne replied, "It's none of your business."

In short, the quotation marks indicate speech as distinct from narrative. An example of narrative could be: It was a long and dusty road that led to the ramshackle apology for a house. Filthy and ragged curtains fluttered out of an upstairs window.

Answer 4

English is hard. Quotes are exact statements from a specific source. They may be separated or included in paragraphs.
If there is more than one paragraph being quoted, the end of the 1st paragraph doesn't have them, but the beginning of the next does- meaning it is continued.
There are 4 complete sentences in the quote.
God bless.

Answer 5

ok, well... sentences are determined by how many punctuations are at the end. A period, comma, question mark, or exclamation point will help you 'count' how many sentences. However, what that has to do with 'quotations', I don't know. But, good luck to you with understanding our language and grammar.

Answer 6

Both B and C are wrong - in B the exclamation mark should be inside the brackets, and C should start with single quotation marks and use double quotation marks for the "I never worry" bit. B really isn't the incorrect usage of quotation marks, it's the incorrect placement of the exclamation mark. C should therefore be 'I could not believe she said "I never worry,"' Kate muttered.

Answer 7

There are six sentences.Maybe this could help you.

How to know if one is a sentence or not:
1)It has a complete thought.
2)It has a subject and a predicate.
3)It ends with a quotation mark like . ? or ! .

Answer 8

A sentence always begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, qustion mark or exclamation point.
I believe, I counted 4 sentences in that quotation.

Answer 9

Its six sentences, but they make up a paragraph, which is the whole quote plus the introductory sentences

Answer 10

Quotation marks simply identify what the person said. That can be made up of any amount of sentences.