The speaker in closing said: "I can imagine no more inspiring words than those of Nelson at Trafalgar, 'England expects every man to do his duty.'"
134. If a quotation consists of several paragraphs, quotation marks should precede each paragraph and follow the last.
135. Do not use quotation marks to enclose each separate sentence of a single continuous quotation.
136. Do not use quotation marks to enclose well-known nicknames, titles of books, proverbial phrases, or to indicate one's own literary invention.
137. Examine the location of quotation marks and other punctuation in the following sentences:
| Wrong: "You may do as you wish, he said, if you only wish to do right." |
| Right: "You may do as you wish," he said, "if you only wish to do right." |
| Wrong: "Can you come," she asked? |
| Right: "Can you come?" she asked. |
The Apostrophe (')
138. Use the apostrophe to mark certain plurals and possessives. See §§ 13 and 15.
Use the apostrophe to indicate the omission of letters.