From b58c4f76f09eb6424cb8924d75d082dc22117c7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:08:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 96 - quotesinquotes --- jit/figs-quotesinquotes/01.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/jit/figs-quotesinquotes/01.md b/jit/figs-quotesinquotes/01.md index 5b45675..a5e0bec 100644 --- a/jit/figs-quotesinquotes/01.md +++ b/jit/figs-quotesinquotes/01.md @@ -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 that 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 that 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."'" 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.