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| colon1 |
a punctuation mark (:). It is often used to introduce a series, quotation, or explanation. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, esp. found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. [1/2 definitions] |
| indent1 |
to set (a line, paragraph, quotation, or the like) in from the margin. [1/7 definitions] |
| indirect discourse |
an indirect statement of what someone said, rather than an exact quotation, that has been altered to conform grammatically to the context in which it is made, as in "She said that she was leaving". |
| inverted comma |
(chiefly British) (usu. pl.) either of a pair of double punctuation marks (" ") used to enclose a quotation or a reference to a title, or the single punctuation marks enclosing a quotation within a quotation (' '); quotation marks. |
| misquote |
an inaccurate quotation. [1/2 definitions] |
| off-the-record |
not for quotation or attribution in a publication. [1/2 definitions] |
| punctuation |
the process or an instance of adding certain marks, such as the question mark or comma, to groups of written words so as to indicate a pause, subordination, or quotation, or otherwise clarify meaning or inflection. [1/2 definitions] |
| quotation mark |
either of a pair of punctuation marks (" "). Quotation marks are used at the beginning and end of a quotation. |
| quote |
something that is quoted; quotation. [1/2 definitions] |
| sic2 |
thus; so (used parenthetically when citing a quotation in a written text to indicate that an apparently incorrect usage or misprint has been faithfully copied from the original and is not an error on the part of the present writer). |
| unquote |
I end the quotation (often used orally with the word "quote" to mark the limits of a direct quotation). |
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