https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/154.rssNew Posts Tagged 'quotes' - WritingWriting - Codidact2019-12-13T12:00:44Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/21177What English version of the bible should I quote from?ggambetthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/42017-04-20T14:34:32Z2019-12-13T12:00:44Z<p>Say I want to quote from the bible in something I'm writing (think the famous passage in Pulp Fiction). What bible version should I quote from?</p>
<p>I've done some research but only ended up ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/20306"Quote" within a quote MLACullubhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/48552017-02-10T12:32:06Z2019-12-13T12:00:43Z<p>So I have a quote that has double quotation marks inside it. Would I leave those in? Or replace them with single quotes?</p>
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<p>In Carolyn Gregoire’s article “What Your 'Life St...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/16818Why end sentences with commas instead of periods when the sentence is in a quote?RichShttps://writing.codidact.com/users/40962016-03-30T15:35:45Z2019-12-13T12:00:35Z<p>I've seen styles where writers end sentences with commas if it is inside double quotes and styles where writers end sentences with periods.</p>
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<p>"She's l...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15150Having a character quote an entire stanza of a poemMatthew Brown aka Lord Matthttps://writing.codidact.com/users/19172015-11-02T12:42:53Z2019-12-13T12:00:31Z<p>I am working on a long form fiction item. In this one of the characters will quote the first stanza from a poem. Normally with speech, one opens quotes, adds the text, and closes quotes. However...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15063How does one indicate uncertainty in a quote?Filip Allberghttps://writing.codidact.com/users/37752015-10-23T08:44:22Z2019-12-13T12:00:31Z<p>When quoting the spoken word, and if one particular word is difficult to distinguish, how does one properly indicate the uncertainty if that particular word has been quoted correctly?</p>
<p>Th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11685How to indicate that a single letter was removed from a quotationChris Morrishttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29632014-11-22T14:51:20Z2019-12-13T12:00:26Z<p>Suppose a source text says:</p>
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<p>1 Timothy 2:4 says that God desires all people to be saved.</p>
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<p>Now suppose I want to quote it like this:</p>
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...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9658How similar is too similar?Devon Muraokahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/24232014-01-23T01:28:28Z2019-12-13T12:00:21Z<p>I have used the phrase:</p>
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<p>"There are not enough words in the tongues of men, elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, or beasts to describe how disgusting..."</p>
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<p>...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/8553Should this introductory quotation be translated, untranslated, or dropped?Paul A. Claytonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/2112013-09-07T16:17:36Z2019-12-13T12:00:18Z<p>When I first wrote "Gawain's Guilt-Girdle" (14 lines of verse) I introduced it with a short (modernized/translated) quotation from the Middle English work <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/8238Attributing quotes to fictional charactersAdam Learhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/14982013-07-18T20:59:25Z2019-12-13T12:00:17Z<p>Let's say, for example, that I want to post my favourite quote from <em>Babylon 5</em> somewhere:</p>
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<p>"I'm not saying what I'm saying. I'm not saying what I'm thinking. As a m...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7062How to quote from a foreign journal that has not been translated?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12013-01-25T09:37:59Z2019-12-13T12:00:14Z<p>I need to quote from a journal written in Arabic. What should I do? Write it first in Arabic then followed by translation and indicating that it is my own translation (translated by author)? Can...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7115Should I close this quoted paragraph?brianmearnshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/5702013-02-02T03:55:53Z2019-12-13T12:00:14Z<p>I have a paragraph of dialog which technically continues into the next paragraph, but I want to interject a "she continued" almost immediately into the second paragraph. So should I close the qu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/5626APA Formatting - Changing Adjectives in a quoteAFerrarahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/14732012-04-13T21:52:23Z2019-12-13T12:00:07Z<p>Should I change "our" to "their" in this quote? If so, how?</p>
<p>As stated in their 2011 Annual Report, Siemens’ identity and corporate culture is defined by their vision to be a pioneer, whi...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4974What did Norman Mailer mean?Ramyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/12992012-01-02T02:04:39Z2019-12-13T12:00:04Z<p>I read this quote recently, attributed to Norman Mailer, that has had my brain itching:</p>
<pre><code>Alimony is the curse of the writing class.
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<p>What did he mean by it?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/3112Quoting text from a country with different internationalizationKen Bloomhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/8252011-05-10T02:45:22Z2019-12-13T11:59:57Z<p>I'm writing my doctoral dissertation here in the United States, and quoting some text from an English-language paper written in Germany. In Germany, the convention for writing numbers is to use ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34168Quote with attribution, but without saying that I'm quotingMicahhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72382019-03-05T13:57:44Z2019-12-13T11:56:50Z<p>I want to give credit to a source without stating their full title again, because the full title is a mouthful.</p>
<p>Earlier in the paper, I had quoted them saying:
"So-and-so states...[dire...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37762Using quote as title - disadvantagesGalastelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80532019-08-11T00:01:53Z2019-12-12T21:57:40Z<p>There are multiple examples of works of fiction using for their title a quote from another famous work: Aldous Huxley's <em>Brave New World</em>, Ernest Hemingway's <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37583How can I Include a verbatim passage in my fiction without plagiarizing it?codeNewbiehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75702019-08-02T11:52:39Z2019-12-12T21:57:40Z<p>In my novel, the MC goes to a resort and at the resort, they offer two types of Buddhist meditations. Those meditations are from another book and I cannot fiddle with the meditation steps withou...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35092In a professional email you need to quote something from a business document. How do you write this?askaquestionduckhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/73512019-03-27T17:20:36Z2019-12-12T21:57:38Z<p>This is in a professional email.</p>
<p>I'm quoting from a business document that was sent to the person that I'm writing the email to. I need to clarify something, and to do so I need to quote...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34981When does a phrase change from "quote" to "expression coined by"?Galastelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80532019-03-23T12:46:38Z2019-12-12T21:57:38Z<p>"The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go awry" comes from Robert Burns's <em>To a Mouse</em>. It is a commonly used expression, though the "mice and men" part is often omitted nowadays. In fa...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32427Quote at the beginning of a chapter, is it advisable for fiction novels?White Cloudhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/69982019-01-03T12:07:03Z2019-12-12T21:57:31Z<p>I have read a few non-fiction works (mostly scientific) where there is a quote at the beginning of each new chapter. Sometimes the quote related to the chapter along with the title, sometimes it...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32071Is this attribution clear and sufficient?Rasdashanhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/19122018-12-06T04:53:52Z2019-12-12T21:57:31Z<p>My characters are well read and some like to recite poetry. My MC is particularly fond of Paradise Lost and is known to quote a few lines here and there.</p>
<p>In one scene he is thinking some...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31771Citing and typosGalastelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80532018-11-16T22:00:36Z2019-12-12T21:57:30Z<p>I am holding a book (novel) which I wish to cite, and I believe it has a typo. I do not know whether the typo was a spelling mistake in the original manuscript, or introduced during print. Other...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32452Approach to pop culture quotes in fiction writinguser3473715https://writing.codidact.com/users/70032019-01-04T12:30:04Z2019-12-12T21:42:33Z<p>I am contemplating writing a fictional character [nerd] who speaks in a pop culture references. I appreciate this question somewhat overlaps</p>
<p><a href="https://writing.stackexchange.com/qu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6227Is it appropriate to credit someone with a quote if I am not absolutely sure they are the source?Michaelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/14042012-08-07T01:31:13Z2019-12-12T20:06:01Z<p>I read a quote a long time ago, but did not know the origin. I want to use it in a paper I am writing, so I tried researching to find out who is the source of the quote. </p>
<p>The quote is "W...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36702Starting from future smoothing your way to presentSarahhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75932019-06-15T21:11:28Z2019-12-08T12:12:18Z<p>Ok, so the hook for my novel is a quote from the future that my protagonist will eventually say. But I need a way for my novel to go back to present tense. In what way can I smooth my novel back...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36330How do you quote a comic book?user39494https://writing.codidact.com/users/75492019-05-29T20:16:28Z2019-12-08T12:01:55Z<p>How do you quote a comic book strip? I have to state 75 words and I'm not sure if I should re-write the quote as a novel or not.</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35762Quoting YourselfSystemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12019-04-30T21:16:03Z2019-12-08T11:47:38Z<p>I am editing a book for a writer who has quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The first chapter has a quote of her own. It's weird, but it's what she wants. Do I just treat it like the other...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34481MLA: Indirect Citation without quoteDavidhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/72692019-03-12T20:35:22Z2019-12-08T11:17:39Z<p>I have a text which I would like to quote. However, the particular section of the text in which I am interested cites but does not directly quote another author. Do I need an indirect citation...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34112As a new poet, where can I find help from a professional to judge my work?Infinityhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/30162019-03-04T15:18:45Z2019-12-08T11:08:48Z<p>I often write short poems and quotes here: <a href="https://www.mirakee.com/atd" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mirakee.com/atd</a>, but I really want to hear from someone professional to...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32795How should tv broadcast dialogue be formatted in a story?Quentin Engleshttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70662019-01-18T20:30:41Z2019-12-08T10:38:37Z<p>Supposing a character or characters are watching a show on TV (news maybe) how should that be formatted in the text?</p>
<p>I've found some explanations on how to format TV broadcasts in a scre...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26656Using a pronoun outside of quotations to refer to a person mentioned in quotations who hasn't been introduced yetFlirprumhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/60252018-03-02T02:39:41Z2019-12-08T08:11:55Z<p>Would the line:</p>
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<p>"Peter!" cried his father.</p>
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<p>make grammatical sense? It seems to work intuitively, but I'm just not sure. It's also a tough question to...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26238How to quote something somebody was told by someone else? (Third-party, hearsay)Eric Hepperle - CodeSlayer2010https://writing.codidact.com/users/59582018-02-19T22:02:08Z2019-12-08T08:00:58Z<h2>THE ISSUE</h2>
<p>There must be a catch-phrase or soundbite to describe this scenario, but so far, I've been unsuccessful locating that term, and my efforts to answer this question have been f...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/19164Typo correction when citing an external sourceMeletishttps://writing.codidact.com/users/46482016-11-22T13:04:49Z2019-12-08T05:45:41Z<p>Good evening,</p>
<p>I'm in the process of writing a small research paper for my college and im facing the following dilemma.</p>
<p>One of my sources has a typo. More specifically instead of ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12072How to cite a film quote using MLA in text citationsuser3308082https://writing.codidact.com/users/30632015-01-19T23:11:35Z2019-12-08T03:59:01Z<p>I am working on an essay, and one of my sources is a film. (The Matrix) What would the in-text citation for the film look like, and would it include the time that the quote occured?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11272Many quotations of a black British novel which used creolized English language. When to use sic?BrianBrainhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/28622014-09-28T10:57:39Z2019-12-08T03:46:57Z<p>I finished writing my essay about Sam Selvons <em>"The Lonely Londoners"</em> which is written in <em>creolized English</em>. The use of creolized English comes with many grammatical as well as ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/10110Changing Capitalization in a Quote - MLAShmuelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/25342014-04-02T15:42:33Z2019-12-08T03:27:24Z<p>I'm writing an essay (MLA style) for class and I am quoting a whole sentence within my sentence. </p>
<p>For example:
They published a “manifesto” proclaiming that “[a]ll are welcome to walk th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9872Attributing Quote to Fictional Characters (Who are based on real people)user8018https://writing.codidact.com/users/24712014-02-20T22:09:50Z2019-12-08T03:23:15Z<p>I'm making a poster of one of my favorite quotes from Almost Famous:</p>
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<p>You'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle.</p>
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<p>The quote was sp...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/7754When quoting a person's informal speech, how much liberty do you have to make changes to what they say?Jason Indigohttps://writing.codidact.com/users/20062013-05-13T03:07:56Z2019-12-08T02:52:12Z<p>Even during a formal interview for a news article, people speak informally. They say "uhm", they cut off sentences half-way through, they interject phrases like "you know?", and they make innoce...