Grammatically Correct: The writer's essential guide to punctuation ...

GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT
Mr. Lorry looked at jerry in considerable doubt and mistrust. That
honest tradesman's manner of receiving the look did not inspire confi­
dence; he changed the leg on which he rested, as often as if he had
fifty of those limbs; he examined his finger-nails with a very question­
able closeness of attention; and whenever Mr. Lorry's eye caught his,
he was taken with that peculiar kind of short cough requiring the
hollow of a hand before it, which is seldom, if ever, known to be an
infirmity attendant on perfect openness of character.
SETTING OFF TITLES
-CHARLES DICKENs, A Tale of Two Cities
Quotation marks are often used to set off references to short stories,
poems, magazine or journal articles, book chapters and songs.
He walked on, tunelessly whistling "Paperback Writer."
One of the assigned readings was Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace."
The entire kindergarten class rose to recite "The Owl and the Pussycat."
They may also be used to set off the titles of books, newspapers,
magazines, journals, plays, films, and radio and television programs,
although for these more major works it is more conventional to use
italics. Not all titles need be set off; for example, names of political
parties, geographical locations and institutions are not, and newspapers
and journals often are not. In short, there are many variations
and exceptions. If you are writing to the specifications of a style
guide, check its rules.
STYLE CONVENTIONS
In addition to knowing when to apply quotation marks, writers
need to be familiar with the mechanics of applying them correctly.
Quotation marks vary in both appearance and position.
SHAPE AND NUMBER
• If you are working on a regular typewriter, you are limited to
typing quotation marks that look something like this: (" ")
On a word processor, you likely have the ability to create more
elaborate marks, with the opening ones in the shape of miniature
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