Quotations within quotations

When you need to quote a passage that contains another quoted passage, use single quotation marks within the double quotation marks.

Example sentence: Megan Marshall notes that what Elizabeth Peabody “hoped to accomplish in her school was not merely 'teaching' but 'educating children morally and spiritually as well as intellectually from the first'” (107).

Exercise: Quotation marks 1

Exercise: Quotation marks 2