What is Quote?
1.
A quote is a word, phrase or sentence that you add to a conversation/essay but is not of your creation, but someone else's.
I would like to quote my brother on this, "flo sucks like donkey kong"...
2.
A VERB, NOT A NOUN
to recite or include a passage from a work that is not your own. Basically, a way to get out of actually thinking and making other people do the work for you
WRONG: I need 40 quotes for this project
RIGHT: I need 40 quotations for this project
-Yeah, I need a few more lines to meet the page requirement, so I think I'll quote Benjamin Franklin.
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1.
A quote is a word, phrase or sentence that you add to a conversation/essay but is not of your creation, but someone else's.
I would like to quote my brother on this, "flo sucks like donkey kong"...
2.
A VERB, NOT A NOUN
to recite or include a passage from a work that is not your own. Basically, a way to get out of actually thinking and making other people do the work for you
WRONG: I need 40 quotes for this project
RIGHT: I need 40 quotations for this project
-Yeah, I need a few more lines to meet the page requirement, so I think I'll quote Benjamin Franklin.
See