*Quotation Marks or direct speech*
We put inverted commas ('' or ""), also called quotation marks or quotes, at
the beginning and end of direct speech. We start the direct speech with a
capital letter.
'Thank you", I said.
"What happened?"
Note that British use both single and double inverted commas (' ' and " "),
but Americans tend to use double inverted commas (" ").
If we put something like "he said" after the direct speech, you put a comma
in front of the second inverted comma, not a full stop. However, if the
direct speech is a question or an exclamation, we put a question mark or an
exclamation mark instead.
'Let's go,' I whispered.
'What are you doing?' Sarah asked.
'Of course it's awful!' shouted Clara.
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