The Use of Quotation Marks

Scott J

The principal function of quotation marks is to mark quotes and dialogues. In Spanish, there are two formulas for dialogues: dashes and quotation marks. The latter are used when dialogues are incorporated in the paragraph or within a dialogue that is marked off by quotation marks. Quotation marks are also used with memories and thoughts.

When a sentence that is between quotation marks or a dialogue is made up of several paragraphs, continuity is indicated at the beginning of each paragraph via a closing quotation mark  or a continuing quotation mark. In English, we use quotation marks to start every paragraph of a quote.

When a fragment is between quotation marks and divided into several paragraphs, the same convention is applied in Spanish: the beginning and end of the fragments are marked and continuing quotation marks are used at the beginning of each paragraph.

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3 Responses to “The Use of Quotation Marks”

  1. There’s a mistake in the posting: “when dialogues are incorporateS in the”

  2. Scott J says:

    I apologize for the mistake and will correct it. Thanks for keeping me on my toes!

  3. HALIM says:

    HALIM…

    I have read several articles about is my grammar correct but they didn’t give me the complete picture but finally you article has done when i found it on Friday….

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