When do you use quotation marks?
Sometimes I see the quotation marks at the top and bottom (“XY”) and sometimes both are at the top (“XY”). When do you use which one?
Do I need to use quotation marks within direct speech when a new paragraph begins?
Beautiful good day, To clarify my question, here is an example (assuming the person speaking would say a lot, so that the text would be difficult to read without paragraphs): "[…] I just wish I didn't have to worry about you so much all the time. It's really exhausting, you know? And now don't come…
Can I leave this example sentence without quotation marks?
I want to know what these laws are, and he says they are laws that are meant to regulate coexistence. I want to know if I could see the texts, but he claims that the work doesn't belong to him.
Can you assign smart quotes to a specific key?
I've been using smart quotes lately, which can be generated using ASCII codes, but I always find it cumbersome to generate them using ASCII codes because you have to press several keys in a row to generate the smart quote. So I mean these quotation marks: “ and “ So ALT + 0132 = “…
Why can't I use typographic quotation marks on my keyboard?
Why can't I type typographic quotation marks on my keyboard? Typographic quotation marks are these: "" I tried using ASCII codes, Alt + 0132 for " and Alt + 0147 for ", but it doesn't work for me. Addendum: I found a way to make it work, but thank you for your answers. 👍
Sentence structure: Do proper names have correct punctuation?
….They walked admiringly past the many fairytale statues such as the “Bremen Town Musicians” and “Snow White” until they finally stood in front of the “faithful John” stopped. The names of the fairy tales, how do you stage them, with apostrophes and if so, why?
Punctuation in spoken speech, help?
Is there a period after hairdresser or not? “It doesn’t matter, just go to the hairdresser,” replies Lukas. “It doesn’t matter, just go to the hairdresser,” replies Lukas. Are periods used at all in oral speech?
Inverted quotation mark?
Hey. I'm having trouble right now because I can't do inverted quotation marks. Does anyone know how to do this? ´ <- that there only that it points up left/down right
Just one quotation mark?
Hello, I use Windows but it really annoys me that I have to write two quotation marks each time to make them appear. Does anyone know how to write just one?
Quotation marks at the bottom of a laptop?
What's posted online doesn't work for me. I have a Lenovo and Windows 10, if that helps.