Punctuation: Different Punctuation marks: Quotation Marks

QUOTATION MARKS ALWAYS COME IN PAIRS. AN OPENING SET OF QUOTATION MARKS MUST HAVE A CLOSING SET.

 1.Use double quotation marks to enclose direct quotations (reporting exactly what was said).
 
COMPLETE SENTENCE:
Plutarch said, "It is a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."
 
PORTION OF A SENTENCE:

Plutarch said that it is fine for us to be descended from famous people but added that the fame "belongs to our ancestors."
 
INDIRECT QUOTATIONS (no marks needed): Indirect quotations are not the speaker's exact words. The word "that" is often a good clue that the words following are not being quoted exactly.
Plutarch said that it was fine for us to be descended from famous people but added that fame belonged to those who earned it.
 
2. Use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation within a quotation.
 
John said, "Many American soldiers in Vietnam did not agree with Nathan Hale's words, ‘I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.’"

3.Use quotation marks to enclose titles of newspaper and magazine articles, essays, short stories, short poems, short musical works, song titles, subdivisions of books, episodes of television and radio programs, and other works published within larger works.
 
Use underlining or italics for titles of books, plays, periodicals, movies, television programs, and works of art.
 
"Harper's Index" in Harper's magazine is a source of information for trivia buffs.
 
4. Use quotation marks to enclose words being defined, used in a special sense or used for a special purpose. Italics (or underlining) can also be used. Put quotation marks around a word only when there is no other way to express the idea.
 
By "comedy" I mean not only a funny play, but any play that ends happily.
 
Jim's "valuable" prize turned out to be a cheap watch.