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In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, [1] [2] speech marks, [3] quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.
Though not an official creed or motto of the United States Postal Service, [1] the Postal Service does acknowledge it as an informal motto [2] along with a slightly revised version of Charles W. Eliot's poem "The Letter". [3] The beginning of the inscription on James Farley Post Office
Quotation marks [A] are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same glyph. [3] Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media.
Motto: a saying used frequently by a person or group to summarize its general mission. Credo: a motto implicitly or explicitly extended to express a larger belief system. Slogan: a motto with the goal of persuading. Quip: a clever or humorous saying based on an observation.
The motto of The Catholic University of America. Deus meumque jus: God and my right: The principal motto of Scottish Rite Freemasonry. See also Dieu et mon droit. Deus nobis haec otia fecit: God has given us these days of leisure: Motto of the city of Liverpool, England. Deus nobiscum: God with us: Motto of Methodist College Belfast: Deus ...
"Live Free or Die" is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945. [1] It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos , partly because it conveys an assertive independence historically found in American political philosophy and partly because of its contrast to the milder sentiments found in other ...
Similarly, the motto of the Burgh of Tayport, Te oportet alte ferri (It is incumbent on you to carry yourself high), is a cant on 'Tayport at auld Tay Ferry', also alluding to the local lighthouse. [12] The motto of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity, is a backronym of the letters F.B.I.
A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.