Quotation

Sometimes it is useful to include words or sentences from a different author that eloquently express what is trying to be communicated. Quoted material should reproduce exactly what was said or written. This includes spelling, punctuation and mistakes. The quotation of the thriteen rules for making graphs contain the americain spelling of colour, see 10 on page . Fowlers comments on quotation reproducent on page uses the ampersand to indicate where the author used and. Both these example are proper quotation even though they respectively contravene this author preference or modern typesetting practice.

Find a reliable source for the quoted material. The poem about spell chequers reproduced on page circulates regularly through e-mails and on the internet. A five minute search on the net allowed me to locate the original author and the original publication [8] in a published jourbnal and later reproduction [9] in the same journal. The reliable source should also be included as a reference.

Quotations are either run in (included in a paragraph) or set off (in their own paragraph). Usually short quotations are run in and quoted matter that is longer than eight lines is set off. However the nature of the material might justify a shorter paragraph being set off. Many rules exist to properly quote full sentences or parts of sentences. One should consult the Chicago Style Manual [1] or the style section of a reputable dictionary (yes, they have a style section).