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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Indirect Discourse, Discussions

Chapter:
Punctuation
Author(s):

Cheryl Iverson

8.6.13 Indirect Discourse, Discussions

After indirect discourse, do not use quotation marks.

The nurse said he would be discharged today.

Do not use quotation marks with yes or no.

His answer to the question was no.

In interview or discussion formats when the name of the speaker is set off, do not use quotation marks.

Dr Black: Now let us review the slides of the bone marrow biopsy.

Dr Smith: The first slide reveals complete absence of granulocytic precursors.