skin test application of a substance to the skin, or intradermal injection of a substance, to permit observation of the body's reaction to it. Such a test detects a person's sensitivity to such allergens as dust and pollen, or to preparations of microorganisms believed to be the cause of a disorder.
Definition. A paraphrase of someone else's words. Also called indirect discourse. An indirect quotation (unlike a direct quotation) is not placed in quotation marks. For example, Dr. King said that he had a dream. The combination of direct quotation and indirect quotation is called mixed quotation. For example, King melodiously praised the veterans of creative suffering, urging them to continue the struggle. See Examples and Observations below. Also see: 1  Constructed Dialogue. 2  Direct Speech and Indirect Speech. 3  Reported Speech.
In British English, quotation marks are called inverted commas, and the single ones are used more frequently than the double for direct speech. See more information about how to use punctuation in direct speech.to mark off a word or phrase thatâs being discussed, or thatâs being directly quoted from somewhere else.s we saw above, the rule in American English is to use double quotation marks for direct speech. The exception is when a piece of direct speech is quoted within another piece of direct speech, in which case the internal quote should use single quotation marks.