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[hiromichi]

I found the rule below in a certain magazine. I would like to know an example of a quotation longer than three lines.

Rule 2 - Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations shorter than three lines.
Examples:
He actually said, "I do not care."
"Why," I asked, "do you always forget to do it?"
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Hiromichi

[IanT]

There seems to be an academic standard that, if you quote from someone else's work, quotes of less than 3 lines can be included in the same paragraph as your own writing, whereas longer quotes should be indented and in a separate paragraph, a space of their own, so to speak.

So for longer quotes, they seem to be A) not interrupted, and B) introduced by a :

Examples here http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/quote&cite.html

I don't know if such guidelines are universal.

Hope helps,
Ian
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[hiromichi]

IanT,
I get iit.. Thank you very much.
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Hiromichi