Content Writing Module 3- The Irony of Quotes

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Let’s start today’s post with some examples.

Example 1 – He said that “he will come.”
Example 2 – While addressing the press, the President said “We will not tolerate terrorism at any cost.”
Example 3 – Jack said, ‘Look I can handle this alone.’ Jill replied, ‘I won’t let you do this alone.’
Example 4 – I think, I can “manage.”
Example 5 – Jackson’s famous move “slam jam” is inimitable.

How many of you agree if we say the usage of quotation marks (double quotes) is used appropriately only in Examples 2 and 5. Well, those who agree thanks, those who don’t let’s see why Examples 2 and 5 have correct usage of double quotes.

True quotes/Double quotes/Quotation marks are used in a text to highlight words, phrase, and sentence taken from some other source. It is also used to quote dialogs/speech told by some other person than the author or the narrator. There are certain rules you can keep in your mind

Rule 1: Use double quotes when you want to quote someone’s statement word by word. The reader should know that a particular sentence is not of the author but someone else has told this.
Example: Mr Miller was very tired, he told James, “I should go home and sleep, before coming back to the field again.”

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