quotation
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Quotation: “If I don’t get reelected because of this, that’s OK.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Quotation: The exact words of an author or a speaker.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Quotation marks go back to the ancient Greeks, she says.
From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2017
Quotation: “When you fight with your brother, doesn’t it make the relationship better after?”
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2015
Indirect Quotation Beginning.—This method is best adapted to the playing up of a brief resumé of the content of the speech.
From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Hyde, Grant Milnor
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Argumentative Writing
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