Sentence examples for direct quotation from inspiring English sources

"direct quotation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to reference when someone said something specific, such as in the following example: My teacher said, "Always strive for excellence." This is a direct quotation from my teacher.

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This is a paraphrase, not a direct quotation.

That's secondhand, and I wouldn't use a direct quotation.

Sometimes, in Lawson, this adaptation involves direct quotation.

This article introduces a new standardized system of direct quotation meta-data tagging for instances of direct quotation in EAP corpora.

So did Prince say "got" or "gotten" in that supposed direct quotation?

Best of all, the characters speak in their own voices, in long paragraphs of direct quotation.

It is mainly the direct quotation or loose formulation of those confidential messages that risks some damage.

Then, at the end, flute and orchestra tumble headlong into a direct quotation of Bach's famous Badinerie.

But she obviously took detailed notes, because it appears in the book with warp and weft, and with direct quotation.

An earlier version included within quote marks something that was not a direct quotation from a surah of the Qur'an.

At times the pace of the narrative would have benefited from less direct quotation and more authorial guidance.

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