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When someone says "quote/unquote," use a slash mark in between the words. Surround them with appropriate punctuation. Use the quote marks also. When the attorney says "okay" before he starts a que...

When someone says the words quote or unquote or quote/unquote, they should be surrounded by punctuation, AND the word or words that follow should still be quoted. There is no rule in the literature...

When someone is "thinking" and saying aloud what that thought might be, if he is using the exact wording he would use when saying it, yes, it should be quoted. ...I said to myself, "Wow. I am in t...

A question from a reporter today is in regard to placing a comma before a quote when the quote surrounds a word that is being defined. So let's look at the rule for quoting and the rule for the com...