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Issue 96 - quotesinquotes

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Susan Quigley 2019-02-18 22:08:49 +00:00
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@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ A quotation may have a quote within it, and quotes that are inside of other quot
1. Translate one or some of the quotes as indirect quotes in order to use fewer quote marks.
* **They said to him, "A man came to meet us who said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, "Yahweh says this: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you sent men to consult with Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed to which you have gone up; instead, you will certainly die.'"'"** (2 Kings 1:6 ULB)
* They told him <u>that</u> a man came to meet them who said to them, "Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, 'Yahweh says this: "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you sent men to consult with Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed to which you have gone up; instead, you will certainly die."'"
* In the sentence above, the word "that" introduces an indirect quote of what the messengers said to the king. Within that indirect quote, there are some direct quotes.
* They told him <u>that a man came to meet them who said to them</u>, "Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, 'Yahweh says this: "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you sent men to consult with Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed to which you have gone up; instead, you will certainly die."'"
1. If a quotation is very long and has many layers of quotation in it, indent the main overall quote, and use quote marks only for the direct quotes inside of it.