Experts slam Trump's lawyer for letting him testify: "Habba did absolutely no good for her client"
Experts slam Trump's lawyer for letting him testify: "Habba did absolutely no good for her client"
"It's clear Trump wanted to avoid the bloodbath of a cross-examination but wanted to say something"
"It's clear Trump wanted to avoid the bloodbath of a cross-examination but wanted to say something"
Former President Donald Trump spent just three minutes on the witness stand Thursday in his defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll, using his testimony to declare that he backs his prior deposition denying the writer's claims.
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As Trump left the courtroom, according to The Messenger's Adam Klasfeld, he complained to the press in the gallery, saying, "It's not America. It's not America. This is not America."
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Okay, but I still didn't put any words in your mouth. So that claim is false.
Also, you made up a fake quote as if I said something I did not in this post I'm replying to. Remind me what that's called.
You're really coming off like a very stable genius right now.
Very, very stable.
Insulting me won't change the fact that you just did the very thing you falsely accused me of doing.
Technically, I haven't tried to put any words in your mouth. I commented on what you actually said.
And now you're lying.
You funny. It's called paraphrasing. No one reading the whole conversation would think otherwise.
You can use the largest font you want, it won't change what actually happened.
You wanted to imply that I thought Trump was a 'stable genius,' something I never said. That's putting "words in my mouth."
I'll keep replying until you become boring. Right now it's like watching a puppy chasing his little tail.
Wow! I can smell the flop sweat from the back of the room.
Funny how the site you directed me to talks about not using all capitals to make a point. I guess they didn't even bother with super large fonts because that's so obvious.
Since you won't read the site, I'll quote you the relevant portion. You tell me which one you were doing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Try to do it without any insults:
When to use quotation marks
It helps to break down rules for quotation marks by their function. So below, we list out the six main uses for quotation marks.
1 Quote a source directly
One of the most common uses of quotation marks is to indicate a direct quote, a passage that is copied verbatim from another source. If you’re using the same word, sentence, or phrase as another author, put those words in between quotation marks.
Naturally, there are different types of quotes, but whenever you are copying someone word for word, you need quotation marks. This is most common in nonfiction writing, when a writer uses a phrase or sentence from a preexisting source, usually to support their thesis.
2 Show dialogue or transcribe speech
Quotation marks are used to represent speech in written text. In nonfiction, they’re commonly used to transcribe what a person said, as with an interview or eyewitness account. In fiction, they’re used for writing dialogue or whenever a character says something out loud.
3 Signal the titles of short works
Aside from quotes and speech, English also uses quotation marks for the titles of works. Certain types of works—but not all—use quotation marks around their titles so the reader knows they’re a reference.
Typically, the titles of short-form works like poems, short stories, and songs use quotation marks. Titles of long-form works, like books, films, and stage plays, use italics instead. You can see a complete list of when to use quotation marks for titles and when to use italics in our guide “When to Use Quotation Marks in Titles.”
4 Set apart a word to show irony, sarcasm, or skepticism (scare quotes)
Scare quotes are used to show that the writer doubts the validity of a word. They are commonly used to show irony, sarcasm, or how something is “popularly termed.” They can have the same meaning as the phrase so-called, including suspicious insinuation.
Scare quotes generally appear as quotation marks around a single word or sometimes a phrase. They also require the proper context so the reader understands why the writer doubts or is qualifying the word’s usage. Scare quotes in writing are the origin of the air quotes gesture in in-person speech.
5 Discuss words as words
If you want to discuss a word, phrase, or letter in writing without using its intended meaning, set it apart with quotation marks. Depending on the styling format, some writers alternatively use italics, without quotation marks, for this purpose (like us on the Grammarly blog).
6 Differentiate a nickname from a given name
Last, if you are writing a person’s nickname together with their given name, set the nickname apart with quotation marks so the reader knows it’s not part of their formal name. The standard is to place the quoted nickname between the first name and the surname, although that’s not necessarily a rule.
If the nickname is how a famous person is most commonly recognized, as with many historical figures, then no quotes are necessary.