Please double check, if the quotation marks are in the correct place.
1. The patient described her issue as an "unsteady feeling in my legs".
2. "Stop Stop you're trying to kill me!" she kept screaming throughout the examination.
3. He described the color of the skin as "sea green".
4. When asked about the headache, she said "this is the worst pain I have ever felt".
5. The patient repeatedly asked "how much will it hurt"?
Thanks!
2 is fine.
1 and 3 have one issue, unless you live in England!
4 and 5 need punctuation plus capitals.
http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
When asked about the headache, she said, "This is the worst pain I have ever felt".
The patient repeatedly asked, "How much will it hurt"
Is it correct now?
Thanks :)
Almost!
When asked about the headache, she said, "This is the worst pain I have ever felt". <~~Quotation marks go outside the period.
The patient repeatedly asked, "How much will it hurt" <~~What's missing here, and where will it go?
1. The quotation marks in the first sentence are placed correctly. The patient's exact words, "unsteady feeling in my legs," are enclosed in quotation marks.
2. The quotation marks in the second sentence are placed correctly. The exact words, "Stop Stop you're trying to kill me!" are enclosed in quotation marks.
3. The quotation marks in the third sentence are placed correctly. The description of the skin color, "sea green," is enclosed in quotation marks.
4. The quotation marks in the fourth sentence are placed correctly. The exact words, "this is the worst pain I have ever felt," are enclosed in quotation marks.
5. The quotation marks in the fifth sentence are placed correctly. The exact words, "how much will it hurt?" are enclosed in quotation marks.