Question Home

Position:Home>Books & Authors> If I were writing a spoken line how can I write it so the speaker quotes somethi


Question: If I were writing a spoken line how can I write it so the speaker quotes something!?
Just to provide an example let's say i was writing something and I wanted to write it so one person included what someone else said in their line!. How can I write is so it's grammatically correct!? Use single marks ( ' ) within the doubles ( " )!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
"So Jenny said to me, 'What the heck! That is so stupid!' But then the whole time I was thinking about what she was saying and it made no sense to me," concluded Lucy!. "I don't think she had an idea what she was talking about!"

Yeah!. So like you said!. Quote the person in the quote using double quotes!. Enjoy!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Usually I use apostrophes within the quotations!. I've seen authors use quotation marks within quotations, too!. It's all up to you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Inside of the double quotes (") you include the whole sentence the person says!. Then you put the quote they are saying inside single quotes (')!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yup, singles within the doubles!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com