6 articles on "quotation"

How To Use Quotations Effectively?

How To Use Quotations Effectively? by: Brenda Wilson Quotations are the repetition of words used by somebody in the past. When you repeat the speech or spoken words of a character from a play or novel, you are said to be quoting that character. ...

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To Quote or Not to Quote

To Quote or Not to Quote by: Jerry Richard Boone "By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote." Quotation and Originality 1876 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American poet and essayist Should we express our own thoughts in our ow...

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Spice Up Your Presentation with Quotations

Add one or a few quotations to your presentation to make it more entertaining and insightful. Your quotation might spur your listeners to think or laugh. Sprinkle lightly like pepper. Use a quotation that emphasizes or clarifies your message. Here a...

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The Magic of Quotations

All people no matter how good they are in writing or in giving speeches have various problems at the start, within the course and at the end of the activity. Some people simply run out of words or encounter difficulty in expressing and finding the e...

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Checking for Mismatched Quotation Marks

Checking for Mismatched Quotation Marks by: Jan Kovarik —or— How To Make Sure that Every Opening Quotation Mark Has an Ending Quotation Mark When writing a term paper, research paper, or post-graduate thesis, one of the most common errors is...

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Not Your Grandma’s Grammar

Not Your Grandma’s GrammarAs if it isn’t enough that computers have influenced just about every area of our lives, you’d think that something as sacred as the English language would remain immune to technology’s pressures. Not so. You may not...

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