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Do you add quotes? - Cheesey

Posted: Sep 12, 2011

Do you add quotes when the doctor says something like "The patient said I don't know." ?

The doctor does NOT say put in quotes.

I would do - this

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The patient said "I don't know."

Clarification - sorry.

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Sorry, I forgot to add the rest of what I wanted to say!

The patient said "I don't know."
Use quotes if the patient said the words and was refferring to himself (the patient).

If the patient was talking about the doctor (probably not the case, but just to be thorough), leave off the quotes.

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