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    Quotations are an important part of writing as they support ideas and help the text flow smoothly. There are four main rules for embedding quotations: using a colon for complete sentences, a comma when introducing someone speaking, no punctuation otherwise, and never using a semicolon. Signal phrases with verbs like "writes" and "says" are used to attribute quotes to their author.

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    Quotations are an important part of writing as they support ideas and help the text flow smoothly. There are four main rules for embedding quotations: using a colon for complete sentences, a comma when introducing someone speaking, no punctuation otherwise, and never using a semicolon. Signal phrases with verbs like "writes" and "says" are used to attribute quotes to their author.

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    Quotations are an important part of writing as they support ideas and help the text flow smoothly. There are four main rules for embedding quotations: using a colon for complete sentences, a comma when introducing someone speaking, no punctuation otherwise, and never using a semicolon. Signal phrases with verbs like "writes" and "says" are used to attribute quotes to their author.

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    EmbeddingQuotations

    UsingQuotationsinwritingisimportantbecausetheyhelpsupportthetext.Quotations
    alsohelpthewritingmovewellthroughoutthetext.

    4MainRules
    1. Whenusingquotationsifitisacompletesentencethenyouwillusea
    colonbeforethequotation.
    Examples

    2. Ifthesentenceusesaverbstatingthatsomeoneisspeakingyouwillusea
    commabeforethequotation.
    Examples

    3. Ifneitherofthetoptworulesapplyyouwillusenopunctuationbeforethe
    quotation.
    Examples

    4. Youwillneveruseasemicolonbeforeaquotation.
    Examples

    SignalPhrasesSignalPhrasesareusedtotellwhowrotethearticleandwhosaidthe
    quote.
    Examples
    Writes
    Claims
    Notes
    Says

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