This is for the numbskulls who don’t know how to orally quote someone
By Curt_Anderson June 29, 2023 8:13 pm Category: Education (0.0 from 0 votes)
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Joe Biden spoke today in Chicago and said the following:
Most of them have opposed everything I’ve done. Most of them want to get rid of it all, but they don’t hesitate to take credit for it.
I tell you what, there’s that senator — he’s a hell of a football coach in Alabama — who is now the senator from Alabama — Tuberville — who strongly opposed the legislation that now he’s hailing its passage. He voted against the legislation. He says, “Great to see Alabama receive critical funds to boost ongoing broadband efforts.” End of quote. I told him I’ll see him at the groundbreaking.
Versus:
I tell you what, there’s that senator — he’s a hell of a football coach in Alabama — who is now the senator from Alabama — Tuberville — who strongly opposed the legislation that now he’s hailing its passage. He voted against the legislation. He says, “Great to see Alabama receive critical funds to boost ongoing broadband efforts, I told him I’ll see him at the groundbreaking.”
Can you see why the second paragraph is unclear as to who said what? Speakers, especially public speakers, sometimes have say the punctuation aloud for purposes of clarifications.
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