I feel like I know how to use quotation marks, but as I was reading about the rules of them, I found that I did not know as much as i thought I did.
I learned that you should use them sparingly. they are more affective that way.
Capitalize the first letter of a direct quote, but do not use a capital when the quote is in a fragment. this is the main one I was a bit confused on. and it is still a little off to me but I found this example.
eg. Although Mr. Johnson has seen odd happenings on the farm, he stated that the spaceship "certainly takes the cake" when it comes to unexplainable activity.
I just kinda wonder why the whole thing is not in "" because it is all what he is saying.
Also if it goes in mid sentence don't capitalize.
your final punctuation should always go before the ending set of quotation marks.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/577/01/
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I do agree that quotation marks are a tough one. I do have to admit that I had NO IDEA not to capitalize the first letter after a quotation if it was mid sentence. Glad I finally learned that one. Thanks for the help!
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