3. Quoting One Sentence
~ She said, “My brother is a student.”
Use comma after she said. Capitalize the first word of the
quoted sentence. Put the final quotation marks outside the
period at the end of the sentence.
~ “My brother is a student,” she said.
Use comma, not a period, at the end of the quoted
sentence when it precedes she said.
4. Quoting More Than One Sentence
~“My brother is a sportsman. He is participating in
competitions,’ she said.
Quotation marks are placed at the beginning and of the
end of the complete quote. Notice: There are no quotation
marks after sportsman.
~”My brother is a sportsman,” she said. “He is participating
competitions.”
Since she said comes between two quoted sentences, the
second sentence begins with quotation marks and a capital
letter.
5. Quoting a question or an
Exclamation
~He asked, “Where have you been?”
The question marks is inside the closing quotation marks.
~”Where have you been?” he asked.
Since a question mark is used, no comma is used before he
asked.
~She said, ”Watch out!”
The exclamation point is inside the closing quotation marks.
