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Example of quotation marks around a direct quote: “Simon Cowell is the best judge on American Idol.”

Note the comma after “agrees”: Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner, agrees, “Soul Patrol loves Simon Cowell.”

Note how the period’s placement changes: Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner, agrees, “Soul Patrol loves Simon Cowell.”

Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner, agrees, “Soul Patrol loves Simon Cowell” (6).

For more information on direct quotations and punctuation, refer to pages 546-547 in your Simon and Schuster Handbook for Writers.

 

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