On Hwy. 49 at Little Yazoo, 5 miles east of Tinsley Oil Field. Oil was first discovered in Mississippi in 1939 just west of here on the Mississippi River in the Gulf Coast region. The discovery of oil at Tinsley Field in Yazoo County marked the beginning of commercial production of petroleum products in Mississippi. During its first 50 years, 220,000,000 barrels of oil were produced.
Rule 1. Use double quotation marks to set off a direct (word-for-word) quotation. Correct: I hope you will be here, he said. Incorrect: He said that he hoped I would be there.. (The quotation marks are incorrect because hoped I would be there does not state the speaker's exact words.) Rule 2a. Always capitalize the first word in a complete quotation, even midsentence.
1 Use an opening quotation mark where you normally would, but donât place one at the end of the first paragraph of the characterâs speech. The speech isnât over yet, so you donât punctuate it like it is!  Do, however, place another opening quotation mark at the beginning of the next paragraph of speech.