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In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas (informally referred to as quotes or speech marks) are punctuation marks surrounding a quotation, direct speech, or a literal title or name. Quotation marks can also be used to indicate a different meaning of a word or phrase than the one typically associated with it and are often used to express irony. Quotation marks are sometimes used to provide emphasis, although this is usually considered incorrect.

Quotation marks are written as a pair of opening and closing marks in either of two styles: single (‘…’) or double (“…”). Opening and closing quotation marks may be identical in form (called neutral, vertical, straight, typewriter or "dumb" quotation marks), or may be distinctly left-handed and right-handed (typographic or, colloquially, curly quotation marks); see quotation mark glyphs for details. Typographic quotation marks are usually used in manuscript and typeset text. Because typewriter and computer keyboards lack keys to directly enter typographic quotation marks, much typed writing has neutral quotation marks. The “smart quotes” feature in some computer software can convert neutral quotation marks to typographic ones, but sometimes imperfectly.




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http://www.ESLEnglishAcademy.com Quotation marks are an important part of English writing. In this video, Faby teaches you how to use quotation marks correctly in a sentence. The correct usage of quotation marks is important so that you can write English correctly. Also, please visit our website for more information about mastering the English language as efficiently as possible. Here is the address: http://www.ESLEnglishAcademy.com *** LEAVE YOUR HOMEWORK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW THIS VIDEO!*** Comments and suggestions are always appreciated! Please leave them in the comments section below this video! If you are willing to put in the time, I know that you can master the English language! Lots of love, Faby xoxoxoxoxo
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    Gram­mar­heads ed­u­ca­tion­al music video for the Quo­ta­tion Marks song. Down­load this video an...
    pub­lished: 22 Sep 2012
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    Quo­ta­tions Song (Quo­ta­tion Marks by Melis­sa)
    This song il­lus­trates how to punc­tu­ate di­a­log cor­rect­ly using quo­ta­tion marks. The silly ...
    pub­lished: 13 Aug 2013
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    John Lequizamo - "Quotes" Music Video (The Elec­tric Com­pa­ny)
    Check out this clip from Sea­son 2! John Leguizamo's Quo­ta­tion rap is awe­some! Click here ...
    pub­lished: 06 Jan 2010
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    Chap 10 Part 2 - Quo­ta­tion Marks and Apos­tro­phes
    pub­lished: 23 Jan 2013
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    Six Quo­ta­tion Mark Rules
    Six rules to fol­low when using quo­ta­tion marks
    pub­lished: 07 Sep 2013
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    Quo­ta­tion Marks - Cap­tain Cluck (The Elec­tric Com­pa­ny)
    Baby wants to know about quo­ta­tion marks and com­mas, do you? Click here for more Cap­tain ...
    pub­lished: 10 Apr 2009
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    How to Use Sin­gle Quo­ta­tion Marks
    Get more tips in my free e-mail newslet­ter http://​j.​mp/​dofZKb Learn how to use sin­gle ...
    pub­lished: 05 Nov 2010
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    Quo­ta­tion Marks by Iris
    pub­lished: 04 Apr 2013
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    Quo­ta­tion Marks | Week­ly Writ­ing Les­son
    Co-Founder and Au­thor Bar­bara Mari­con­da shares some great tips on how to teach the use of ...
    pub­lished: 14 Jan 2016
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    Quo­ta­tion Mark Song
    Gram­mar Songs can be or­dered on­line at audiomemory.​com or call 800-365-SING
    pub­lished: 14 Dec 2007
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    How to Use Speech Marks
    In­for­ma­tive and en­ter­tain­ing look at how to use speech marks in the En­glish lan­guage. Grea...
    pub­lished: 14 May 2012
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    Quo­ta­tion Marks - Punc­tu­a­tion - Easy En­glish Gram­mar
    Learn the rules for using QUO­TA­TION MARKS prop­er­ly. En­hance your writ­ing skills by learnin...
    pub­lished: 02 Nov 2015
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    Me­chan­ics 5: Quo­ta­tion Marks and Ti­tles
    A look at quo­ta­tion marks and ti­tles of short and long works.-- Cre­at­ed using Pow­Toon -- F...
    pub­lished: 29 Sep 2015
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