Question about quotation marks

Big Boss · November 11, 2015, 05:25:21 PM

I need help, friends. If somebody is talking in the text, you use quotation marks, I got that. What do you do if that person that begins to quote somebody else? Do you put that quote in the marks too?

DAS B00T x2 · November 11, 2015, 05:26:21 PM

I believe you use apostrophes for the quote within the quotes.

Big Boss · November 11, 2015, 05:27:13 PM

Quote from: DAS B(⌐■_■)ﾒ on November 11, 2015, 05:26:21 PM

I believe you use apostrophes for the quote within the quotes.

Alright, thanks. I put the quotes in italic too, so it's easier to tell them apart.

Elai · November 11, 2015, 05:30:35 PM

"And then Snake said, 'Life isn't just about passing on your genes.'"

I think.

Korra · November 11, 2015, 05:40:04 PM

"And then Black Man said, 'I dindu nuthin."'

Verbatim · November 11, 2015, 05:41:15 PM

You use apostrophes. A quote within a quote within a quote?... Ummm, not sure, you might get different answers.

Just... try not to ever put yourself in that situation.

Snake got it right:

Quote from: Prehistoric on November 11, 2015, 05:30:35 PM

"And then Snake said, 'Life isn't just about passing on your genes.'"

I think.

Verbatim · November 11, 2015, 05:41:36 PM

also SORRY I HAVEN'T READ YOUR STORY YET I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME

Big Boss · November 11, 2015, 06:21:33 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on November 11, 2015, 05:41:36 PM

also SORRY I HAVEN'T READ YOUR STORY YET I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME

Oh no worries, I just assumed you hated it so much that you didn't reply haha

Engrapadora · November 11, 2015, 06:22:24 PM

You use single quotes.

Winy · November 11, 2015, 08:11:24 PM

Quote from: Big Boss on November 11, 2015, 05:25:21 PM

I need help, friends. If somebody is talking in the text, you use quotation marks, I got that. What do you do if that person that begins to quote somebody else? Do you put that quote in the marks too?

"Jeremy's thesis was as follows, 'Penguins are the cause of global warming.'"