What is the [...] in the middle of a quote mean?
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It means that something was omitted. "I was happy as I walked..."  means that the sentence continued on in its original context.  But for the user quoting, they felt the rest wasnt necessary to get the point across, so they left it out.  When brackets are in a quote [].  It means the writer added the words inside the brackets to help the reader understand what the original person meant.  For example, someone might ask a question "How was the movie?" and a person replied "Good."  If the quote was used it might be.  When asked about how he felt about the movie, Mr. Anderson replied, "[The movie was] good."  This is to let the reader know that the person didnt actually say what was in the brackets, but it is most likely what they meant.
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It means that the spelling of the previous word is as written from a written or spoken quote. The writer is letting you know that they are aware that it is wrong but relating it as it was spoken or written.\n\n*** at the bottom of a page is a foot note.\nYou will find the *** in the text and then a matching ***at the bottom of the page.  This  is used to explain something about the text, an interpretation of the associated text or  information  to cite the source of the text, to give credit to the original writer.\nYou will find * and later ** and later ***  and so on, all to show you something about the associated text.
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The quotation mark should be before the http://\n\n<a href="http://url/"> Linked text </a>
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Sorry , I cannot find where those lines come from. I have spent the last 20 minutes looking for you to no avail.\nIt might be from the book "I know why the caged bird sings", I am not sure.
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That's not a question.  That's a phrase with a ? at the end.  Like this:\nTerrible, hard to understand questions?
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This is a problem with how your keyboard is set up - you will need to check Control Panel/Regional Settings.\n\nOn a UK keyboard, the quotes is above the 2 key, but on a US keyboard the @ is above the 2.
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Good use of symbols. I like how line 2 fits with the last two lines, it brings unity to the poem. Towards the end I think I got a little bit of a glimpse of what the poem might be about, but ultimately I feel like the message is hidden from me. It seems the third- and fourth-to-last lines are the culmination of the poem; is it possible to reword some of the earlier lines so as the reader can share what you're feeling when they reach the end?\n\nRegarding parenthesis: as long as you know what they mean then they're fine.
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Ive wondered that myself, and realized that its in other phrases too like "im going to take a break" so its probably grammatical.  *shrug* who knows for sure
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I am in my fourth year of University Honouring in English. The correct MLA way is "I am not going"(35). The source comes at the end of a sentence. Ex: Bob said that he is "not going" to the dance illustrates his unwillingness to participate in social gatherings (35). There is a space between the sentence and the source if the quote is not the last thing in the line. If the source immediately follows the quote there is no space. "I am not going"(35). Good luck!
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$%^&*$%^*(())^%^% \nthese symbols don't really mean anything. usually people use them when they are speechless, or doesn't know how to respond to a comment or retort. KIND OF like when you're mad you say "shit" or "fuck". But instead of using these terms in the comic books, they use these symbols.
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x' € S - {x}\nworks fine...\n( replace the € by the usual "is an element of" symbol )
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Braces.\n\nBrackets are [ ] and parens (parenthesis) are ( ).\n\nThey are sometimes refered to as "Curly Brackets" or "curly braces".
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I think it means "you" haven't read it. If you go back read one that is bold, It probably won't be bold anymore, at least that's how the inbox works.
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read in between the lines \n------------whydoesitmatter------------
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British punctuation has always been like that.  When did Americans start putting punctuation inside quotations when the punctuation doesn't belong to the quotation?  That's always seemed weird to me!
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Why is this in the quotations category?
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Example: According to Tom Smith who said, "It is a great thing when children cry, 'I want my mommy!'"\n\nSingle quotation marks around the internal quotation. Double about the outer. You may have three together at the end as shown above. \n\nHope that helps.