A quotation is a phrase taken directly from a text or speech. These punctuation marks should contain the words taken from the text: In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens the character of ...
The punctuation for integrating academic quotes is a little different than dialogue punctuation. When a quotation ends a sentence and the parenthetical citation is at the end, the period should come ...
“People say, ‘Oh, you’re just profiting off the carnage.’ And you know what I say? ‘Look, don’t blame me. I’m just the fire extinguisher manufacturer, OK?’” STEVE NAREMORE, owner ...