Quotations
What type of quote is this?
Paul McCartney said, “Dear John, I remember when we first met in Woolton at the village fete; it was a beautiful summer day."
Direct quote
When it comes to consequences, choose your's correctly.
(Meta)
Incorrect
Unnecessary apostrophe.
Do you use apostrophes for possessive nouns?
Yes.
You learned this in, like, kindergarten.
When do you place question marks and exclamation marks inside of quotes?
If they are part of the quote.
"Rosy said "Theyre not right,"" Thomas told me.
(ChatGPT)
This is incorrect.
It speaks for itself.
Correct: "Rosy said 'They're not right,'" Thomas told me.
Do not use an apostrophe when talking about _____ and __________.
feet / minutes
When do you NOT capitalize in quotations?
Fragmented quotes.
Ex: Jane Doe grappled with grief and disbelief. She had viewed JFK, not just as a national figurehead, but as someone who “represented the hopes of young people everywhere.”
He whispered, ‘Don’t tell anyone about the “secret.”’
(ChatGPT)
No. Normal quotation marks should border the quote, and without context, there is no reason to have the extra set of quotation marks around secret. If there would be, those would be apostrophes.
Correct: He whispered, "Don't tell anyone about the secret."
Also Correct: He whispered, "Don't tell anyone about the 'secret.'"
Use an apostrophe to form the plural of a ___________ but not a ________.
single letter / numeral
Is this the correct way to format this quote?:
The baker said, “My toast is burnt;” the staff in the bakery also thought the same thing.
The quote is incorrect. The semicolon should be on the outside of the quote.
The baker said, “My toast is burnt”; the staff in the bakery also thought the same thing.
Correct: The sign read, ‘No dogs allowed.’
(ChatGPT)
Yes and no. While the possessive apostrophe is correctly removed, the quote should have normal quotation marks, not apostrophes.
Correct: The sign read, "No dogs allowed."
What rule is this?
"rock ‘n’ roll"
Use an apostrophe to show something has been left out of a contraction.
There are 5 types of titles that do not have quotation marks around them. What are they?
The Bible, Magazines, Newspapers, Descriptive titles of musical works, and Musical groups
AI had a pattern when I asked it to create sentences with problems and then fixing those problems. Other than the incorrect use of quotations and apostrophes, what did AI continue to do?
They were never more than a simple sentence long.
Not shown here is misspelling words when asked not to, never going further than one quote per sentence, and simply not understanding the parameters set.
When do you NOT use an apostrophe when talking about pronouns?
To form a possessive of any pronoun except those ending in one or body.
Ex. one’s, somebody’s, everybody’s, anybody’s | theirs, hers, its, yours
There has been something wrong with this Jeopardy since the beginning. What is it?
"Qutotations" is spelled wrong