Quote Within A Quote Citation
A simple principle applies for what seems like a thorny issue.
Quote within a quote citation. The example above uses american style quotation marks. When you have a quotation that is inside of another quotation it is called a nested quotation nested quotes follow a hierarchical structure of alternating between double quotation marks and single quotation marks. The quote within the quote do unto others as you would have them do unto you is enclosed in single quotation marks the british convention is the opposite.
Also from page 292 of the apa manual. The mla handbook 8th edition p. Nguyen argues quote as cited in chan 2002 p 487 on your references page you will only list the source you actually read.
124 states that you should use the original source if you can find it. Sometimes when you are quoting from another source the text you want to quote will include citations. One level of nesting the most common reason for nesting punctuation is shown in section 1 3 7 of the mla handbook p.
However if you need to cite an indirect source as the manual refers to secondary sources if what you quote or paraphrase is itself a quotation put the abbreviation qtd. In this case chan. You might wonder a whether you should keep these citations in the quote and b whether you should include references for the citations.
The main quote would use single quotation marks and the quote within the quote would use double quotation marks. Your rules lend to confusion. When you need to present a quotation within a.
The main quote is enclosed in double quotation marks. Putting a quote within a quote. Periods always go after the citation in both mla and apa not within the quotation marks.
Nest punctuation that appears within punctuation by alternating punctuation marks to disambiguate in this case between double and single quotation marks. Enclose direct quotations within a block quotation in double quotation marks.
