Using Nested Quotation Marks: Love your Dialogue
Nested Quotation Marks – What are they? This “lesson” originated from my attempt to explain nested quotes or proper punctuation use to one of my clients. This isn’t easy, sometimes. In fact, I confused myself. Until I thought of what quotes do. They hold, or hug, our words. When we speak, the Big Hug, double quotes are used, encasing all of our words, including any nested quotes. However, when repeating quotes from other sources, there is a rule to distinguish…