broken quotation

[Unregistered]

what is a broken quotation?

what is a closed quotation?

and examples of their usage.

[Anglika]

A broken quotation is where only a part of a quotation is cited or is paraphrased:

Who said plenty would bring a country to its knees?

A strange species we are. We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. [Steinbeck]

A closed quotation >> "This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it."

You might like to look at this as well: Jean Nicod Online Papers :: [ijn_00000157, version 1] Open Quotation

[BobK]

A broken quotation is where only a part of a quotation is cited or is paraphrased:

Who said plenty would bring a country to its knees?

[I]A strange species we are. We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. [Steinbeck]
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And what if the quotation is complete, but interrupted?

'The man who is tired of London,' as Dr Johnson said, 'is tired of life.'



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[Anglika]

Sorry - can't answer that. My brain has gone into stasis with these kind of semantic questions