What is a quote in a citation?

A quote is an exact copy of someone else’s words, usually enclosed in quotation marks and credited to the original author or speaker. What are scientific citation styles? What are the different types of citation styles? Is a source annotation the same thing as an abstract? Can I cite Wikipedia in my paper?

What if a quotation has another quotation inside it?

Things can get a little complicated when you cite a quotation that has another quotation inside it. In this rare circumstance, the rule is to set off the internal quotation with the other type of quotation marks. So, if you're using double quotes:

Why do quotation marks start with a capital letter?

It is merely a coincidence that what follows the colon happens to be a quotation. This last example illustrates another point about quotations: the quotation inside the quote marks begins with a capital letter if it is a complete sentence, but not otherwise.

How does a quote work?

When pieces of text are being quoted, this is indicated in different ways, depending on the length of the quoted passage. Short quotations are fully integrated in the text, whereas long quotations are set off from the running text in block quotations.