To express doubt.
- He said the boy was 8(?) feet tall. (No space before question mark.)
- The statue(?) was on the statute books.
- The scientific identification Dorothia? was noted. (Roman "?".)
Quotation marks are used—
To enclose direct quotations. (Each part of an interrupted quotation begins and ends with quotation marks.)
- The answer is "No."
- He said, "John said, 'No.' " (Note thin space between single and double closing quotes.)
- "John," asked Henry, "why do you go?"
To enclose any matter following such terms as entitled, the word, the term, marked, designated, classified, named, endorsed, cited as, referred to as, or signed; but are not used to enclose expressions following the terms known as, called, so-called, etc., unless such expressions are misnomers or slang.
- Congress passed the act entitled "An act * * *."
- After the word "treaty", insert a comma.
- Of what does the item "Miscellaneous debts" consist?
- The column "Imports from foreign countries" was not * * *,
- The document will be marked "Exhibit No. 21"; but The document may be made exhibit No. 2.
- The check was endorsed "John Adamson."
- It was signed "John."
but Beryllium is known as glucinium in some European countries.
- It was called profit and loss.
- The so-called investigating body.
To enclose titles of addresses, articles, awards, books, captions, editorials, essays, headings, subheadings, headlines, hearings, motion pictures and plays (including television and radio programs), operas, papers, short poems, reports, songs, studies, subjects, and themes. All principal words are to be capitalized.
- An address on "Uranium-235 in the Atomic Age"
- The article "Germany Revisited" appeared in the last issue.
- He received the "Man of the Year" award.
- "The Conquest of Mexico," a published work (book)
- Under the caption "Long-Term Treasurys Rise"
- The subject was discussed in "Punctuation." (chapter heading)
