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Quotations
“I’ll wait for you in front of the fountain,” said Paul.
Ann said, “I forgot to do my research for my paper on memory.”
Thomas Edison said that opportunity is “dressed in overalls and
looks like work.”
The child asked, “Why don’t people have fur?”
“Did you have a good time?” asked Harry.
Practice 29-1 Using Quotation Marks
with Direct Quotations
Following the models above, place quotation marks around each of
the direct “quotations” and add a comma or question mark where
needed.
1. I wish it were Friday thought Sandra.
2. Did we do anything in class yesterday Tim asked the professor.
3. A sign on the hairstylist’s mirror read I’m a beautician, not a
magician.
4. It was the poet T. S. Eliot who called April the cruelest month.
