QUOTATION MARKS (PART 2) | English Lesson

QUOTATION MARKS (PART 2)
In today's lesson, Kevin continues teaching you how to use quotation marks in dialogue.
-- FREE PRACTICE BELOW --
DIRECTIONS: Place commas and quotation marks-along with any other punctuation-where they are needed in each sentence below. (Some sentences may not require punctuation at all.)
1. Let’s go he said.
2. Nice to meet you I said.
3. How are you doing she asked.
4. I think that’s what she said.
5. Good luck they yelled.
6. Can you hear me Lucy whispered.
7. Don’t leave me he cried.
8. That’s not actually what I said.
9. I’m pretty sure that’s what she asked.
10. It’s so nice to see you she said.
ANSWERS:
1. “Let’s go,” he said.
2. “Nice to meet you,” I said.
3. “How are you doing?” she asked.
4. [NO CHANGE] (There’s no technical dialogue in this sentence.)
5. “Good luck!” they yelled.
6. “Can you hear me?” Lucy whispered.
7. “Don’t leave me!” he cried.
8. [NO CHANGE] (There’s no technical dialogue in this sentence.)
9. [NO CHANGE] (There’s no technical dialogue in this sentence.)
10. “It’s so nice to see you,” she said.
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[@stevejones3662]

You are an outstanding teacher, Kevin.

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[@jannattt1010]

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[@williamssharon3908]

That's another great lesson, thanks! 👍

[@AnilGawade-g6l]

Very informative video

[@MyClint007]

I was having a question about this and you nailed it. thanks.

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[@patriciodoig7962]

Thanks for your class

[@davidcantwell2489]

Hello Kevin ... "howyadoin?" Please consider the above. I like to use ellipses as one would use a rest notation in sheet music, a space in Time, a delay or hesitation in speech. Not an omission of text as intended, "acceptable or not?" Sometimes a question is not a question but merely a statement, would it still be considered a question? Example; When someone ask, "how are you?", they're not really asking a question in expectation of an answer, their merely making a statement to be cordial, "is a question mark still required?" In this age of Tweety Birds and texting shorthand I find you to be a breath of fresh air. Thank you for what you do. And please feel free to critique what I have written, it helps me a lot.

[@kspaans]

Hey, David! Personally, I wouldn't recommend using the ellipsis like that--at least not very often. I could see it having a place every once in a while (when there really is a substantial pause or "rest"), but an overuse of the ellipsis can really disrupt the flow of your writing and make things sound unnecessarily clunky and awkward. Regarding your second question, I would still put a question mark at the end of greetings like that. Even though phrases like "How ya doin'?" and "What's up?" do typically function more as acknowledgments than actual questions these days, they're still technically questions and should therefore be followed by a question mark. I hope this helps! Thanks!

[@davidcantwell2489]

Helps a whole lot! Thank you so much for your time.

[@pearlslade6915]

As always, excellent job! 😁

[@safaaragab7372]

Thank you

[@Duyynn]

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[@nwagoran8072]

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[@taaddasaasahiluu2371]

It's been 5 months since you uploaded is everything okay

[@kspaans]

@@taaddasaasahiluu2371 Thanks for your concern, Michael; new lessons are in the works!

[@danellesalazar1608]

Hello, so for, “Put that down!” she yelled. The speaker tag is not capitalized??

[@kspaans]

Correct, Danelle! We never capitalize speaker tags when they come *after* the spoken material (unless the speaker tag is a proper noun--like someone's name or the word "I"). Speaker tags are only capitalized before spoken material when they begin the entire sentence: He said, "Go away." She asked, "Are we there yet?" The only two times you'd ever capitalize a speaker tag is in the above situation (where the tag starts the entire sentence) or when the speaker tag contains a proper noun. That's it. Otherwise, don't capitalize them. I hope this makes sense!

[@paeezmohammadi7901]

Could u plz explain how to change direct Q to Indirect Q?🙏

[@kspaans]

Hey there! Unfortunately, there's not really a rule or standard way to do that. I would just recommend looking at these sentences and trying to understand the pattern: - He asked, "Can you come with me?" --> He asked if I could come with him. - She said, "Go away, Mark!" --> She told Mark to go away. - I said, "We need to go." --> I said that we needed to go. That's really the best I can offer in the way of help; hopefully it's useful!

[@paeezmohammadi7901]

Many thanks 🙏

[@jessicar3044]

What about partial quotes? Where do we place a period after a partial quote (if any) ? "...partial quote..." or "...partial quote...". ? The ladder doesn't look right, but I want to ask.

[@kspaans]

Hey, Melinda! It depends on the quote. Here are some examples that are all correct: The governor said that repairing the bridge was a "monumental achievement" for the community. (Here, you're just quoting specific words from someone--not a whole sentence.) According to Smith, "We need to improve our skills ... before it's too late." (Here you're using a quote that cuts stuff out from the middle and only uses the "good" stuff.) Williams writes, "... Tom had been studying for many years." (Here, you're starting in the middle of a sentence. Putting an ellipsis before Tom's name indicates that this is not the start of Williams's sentence.) The types of ellipses you used in your examples--where the "..." is on both sides of the quoted material--are rarely necessary. Most of the time you can quote stuff in a way that doesn't require you to do that. I hope this helps!