Origin of the names of Canadaâs provincial and territorial capitals. Ottawa, Canada. The name Ottawa is derived from the Algonquin word âadaweâ, which means âto tradeâ. The settlement was originally incorporated as Bytown in 1850.
DONâT use quotation marks to open and close a block quote. The block quote format takes the place of that open and close quote. In the example above, quotation marks arenât necessary to understand itâs Kidd speaking.
Prose or verse quotations less than four lines long are not indented. For quotations of this length, use the patterns described above. Indent longer quotations in a block about ten spaces in from the left margin; when a quotation is indented, quotation marks are not used. The MLA Handbook (1995) recommends that indented quotations be double-spaced, but many instructors prefer them single-spaced.