Posted by christopher on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 5:24pm.
"Ashley never makes a mistake," said Tom.
"It must be hard being so perfect," Mary added.
"I believe it is," grinned Samantha "But then, I am only guessing. Lord knows I've made my share of mistakes."
Note that you need a comma after each quote. Also you need a new paragraph for each speaker.
4.When quoting two lines of poetry, what should you do?
set off the lines as you would a longer quotation
insert the lines the way you would any other quote, but in between the two lines of poetry, insert a slash
insert the lines the way you would any other quote, but in between the two lines of poetry, insert a comma
write it like any other short quote and insert the lines as you would any other quote
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