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When we read a story, sometimes the characters speak. We know a character is speaking because speech marks show us. When you see “ this means somebody has started speaking and this sign ” means they have finished.
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The quotation marks should only go around the actual words that are being said.
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A comma should be placed after the word asked.
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This sentence has the quotation marks around the words that are being said.
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The comma is in the right place after the word said.
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If you write who is speaking, make sure you never put that information in speech marks.
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Don't forget to start speech with a capital letter.
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The word 'said' is the most popular word to use when somebody is speaking.
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Whenever we write speech, we always begin with a capital letter, finish with some form of punctuation and open and close speech marks.
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Speech marks are also called 'inverted commas'.
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