From 18fab5731fd87b40642ddcd22580c09e8edc2947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SusanQuigley Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 17:22:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'jit/figs-quotations/01.md' Changed "John's exact words" to "the words as John might have said them" --- jit/figs-quotations/01.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/jit/figs-quotations/01.md b/jit/figs-quotations/01.md index 8a6b640..b045c7c 100644 --- a/jit/figs-quotations/01.md +++ b/jit/figs-quotations/01.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ There are two kinds of quotations: direct quotation and indirect quotation. -A **direct quotation** occurs when someone reports what another person said from the viewpoint of that original speaker. People usually expect that this kind of quotation will represent the original speaker's exact words. In the example below, John would have said "I" when referring to himself, so the narrator, who is reporting John's words, uses the word "I" in the quotation to refer to John. To show that these are John's exact words, many languages put the words between quotation marks:"". +A **direct quotation** occurs when someone reports what another person said from the viewpoint of that original speaker. People usually expect that this kind of quotation will represent the original speaker's exact words. In the example below, John would have said "I" when referring to himself, so the narrator, who is reporting John's words, uses the word "I" in the quotation to refer to John. To show that these are the words as John might have said them, many languages put the words between quotation marks:"". * John said, "I do not know at what time I will arrive."