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Jennifer: Hello everybody! Welcome back to my channel Sparkle English where I teach you all about how to speak in English, how to write in English, and how to improve your level of English. A lot of my subscribers have found me because they have watched my tutorials on my YouTube channel, Jennifer Marie VO where I teach you how to make money online and particularly how to make money as a transcriptionist. Well in order to be a good transcriptionist, you need to have excellent punctuation skills. And being able to properly use quotation marks is essential in becoming a good transcriptionist or a good writer. So today, I'm going to go over quotation marks rules. And these are English writing essentials. things you need to know if you want to be an excellent writer in English. Make sure to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already. I also recommend you grab a pen or a piece of paper and take some notes as we go along. We will also have a little practice session so make sure to pause the video so you can answer the questions on your pen and paper and follow along with us. So let's get started. This is our introduction to quotation marks. In this lesson, we are going to discuss the American way of using quotation marks in written English. Now if you want to learn how to use quotation marks because you want to become a transcriptionist, most of the transcription platforms use the American way unless you are working with an English or British transcription company. One of the most important ways we use quotations is to quote someone's words. And obviously these right here are quotation marks, double quotation marks. To quote something means to repeat exactly what someone said. So let's get started with the first rule. Quotation marks rule one, use double quotation marks to indicate a direct word for word quotation. Example: "I love horror movies," she said. "Do you want to go for dinner tomorrow night?" Mary asked. "I have a business meeting next Friday," John answered. So I love horror movies is exactly what this person said. So we use quotation marks to indicate a direct word for word quotation. And I want you to pay attention where we are using them. We're using them here at the beginning and at the end, after the comma, but we will discuss that in a little bit. Okay, so where do you need to place quotation marks in these sentences? I'm going to Venice next month, Sara said, Does Carly work in your department? Tina asked. So I want you to look at these sentences and determine what do you think the direct sentence or the direct speech was that we are quoting? In this first example? I'm going to Venice next month. So we're going to put quotations at the beginning. And after the comma going to Venice next month, Sarah said, Does Carly...