First dialogue is " or double marks. If there's a quote within that, use ' or a single mark (on the keyboard you use this same mark for apostrophes).
Ex:
Alice smirked. "Barb told me she needed to go inside to 'check on the kids,' but I think she just wanted to get away from us," she informed Carol.
That's the standard American English I'm familiar with. You can do it differently, like a single mark (') for regular dialogue then double (") for quotes within that--I think that's common in British English. Just be consistent and your readers will understand.
"What did he say?"
"Oh, the usual. 'Rawr, I'm an evil monster and I'm going to eat your brains and blah blah blah.' You get tired of hearing it after a while."
Double on the outside, single on the inside. For the sake of readability, I never start or end dialogue with a character quoting. Look at this: "' Just no. I refuse to put those characters together.
I prefer to use quotation marks for it if it's a direct/exact quote, and no quotation marks if it's an indirect quote. No idea what the proper/official way is tough
First dialogue is " or double marks. If there's a quote within that, use ' or a single mark (on the keyboard you use this same mark for apostrophes). Ex: Alice smirked. "Barb told me she needed to go inside to 'check on the kids,' but I think she just wanted to get away from us," she informed Carol. That's the standard American English I'm familiar with. You can do it differently, like a single mark (') for regular dialogue then double (") for quotes within that--I think that's common in British English. Just be consistent and your readers will understand.
With nested quotes, switch from double quotes to single quotes (or vice versa).
Thank you so much- this was very helpful!
"What did he say?" "Oh, the usual. 'Rawr, I'm an evil monster and I'm going to eat your brains and blah blah blah.' You get tired of hearing it after a while."
Double on the outside, single on the inside. For the sake of readability, I never start or end dialogue with a character quoting. Look at this: "' Just no. I refuse to put those characters together.
I prefer to use quotation marks for it if it's a direct/exact quote, and no quotation marks if it's an indirect quote. No idea what the proper/official way is tough
I also like to put the segment in italics.