This symbol refers to a punctuation that indicates that something is being quoted, and when a phrase, sentence, paragraph, etc is surrounded by quotation marks, it means that it is a specific dialog from a person.
An example of being surrounded by these marks is: He said, "Hello there. I am pleased to meet you."
These also may be referred to as speech marks because they imply that another person has said the words, in other words, his/her speaking or speech is being quoted.
Speech marks are pieces of punctuation which are used to indicate something that is being quoted. For example: "No pain, no gain" is a famous motivational/inspirational quote. You can also use speech marks top highlight what someone has said, for example: she told me: "you will get used to it over time".
These punctuation marks can mean a couple of different things.
In a novel, they may indicate that a character is speaking, "Today is hotter than yesterday" said Jane.
In an essay, or factual piece of writing the punctuation marks indicate that the phrase does not come from the author. We are experiencing a dryer summer but "the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plane."
These symbols are called 'quotation marks'. Sometimes, you will hear native speakers calling these 'quotes.'
EX)
You need to put quotation marks around what the person said.
What the person said is inside of the quotes.
Double quotation marks or double inverted commas are used
to indicate
- direct speech, e.g
The man asked "Has he arrived for the meeting yet?"
- Double quotation marks are also used to show a quote within
a quote, e.g. Her colleague remarked, 'I thought you were going to
wear your "killer heels" today.'
The symbols "" are known as "Quotation Marks." You use them when you are writing a story down and you want to introduce either a dialogue (conversation between two characters) or a monologue (something like a speech as only one character is speaking). When reporting speech using quotation marks, a singular apostrophe can be used within the quotation marks.
Please find attached an example below:
"Miyoko told me, 'get out of here!' because the earthquake was getting stronger," Akima told Cole.
Akima is reporting to Cole what Miyoko had said.
This little fellows " and " are called quotation marks, and are used when you want to quote someone.
For example.
"I am hungry!" I said yesterday.
I hope that helps.
Have a great day.
Will
Quotation marks are used to mark when it is something who is speaking like in a narrative story, or when we are trying to quote a famous writer or research notes within our own writing.