Parker gathered in Lexington, Massachusetts, a town near Boston. A militia is a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community. About one-third of the Lexington militia were Minutemen, trained to âact at a minuteâs warning.â They had heard that the British were coming. Parkerâs troops had never faced soldiers. Soon they
Quotation marks would only have to be used on thoughts if the<br />thoughts were someone else's. If the thoughts came from a book, computer source, or some other source, then quotation marks should be used. However, the writer of the essay does not have to quote his or her <i>own</i> thoughts.
1. Use single quotation marks for quoted material, titles of works, or special terms that appear within a quotation. Note: If you use British English for your audience, switch the double and single quotation marks above. That is, use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote. 2. If you use a single quotation mark next to a double quotation mark, you may use a space, a thin space (one you manually make smaller), or no space between them. Examples: