quotation noun

QUOTATION English meaning quotation Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase quotation Long quotations almost invariably need to be followed by extended analysis Never allow the quotation to do your work for you Usually you will want to keep the

quotation For quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks Start