College Composition / Unit 8 CMP 0187 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Quotations Within Quotations
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The idea
Use single quotation marks for a quotation inside another quotation.
In practice
"Staff morale “improved from ‘average’ to ‘excellent,’” the report noted." The outer marks are double, the inner single.
Where people slip
Swapping single and double marks is a common error in passages that quote a source quoting someone else.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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