Quote only words you have read yourself, and always identify the place where you have read them.
i. All quotations should be accurately reproduced, including original spelling, punctuation and abbreviations. If the quotation contains a misspelling, this should be indicated by typing [sic] immediately after the error.
ii. Quotations must be enclosed within double quotation marks, with single quotation marks for quotes within quotes.
iii. Punctuation in quotations falls into three categories. (1) Full stops and commas always go inside the quotation marks; (2) colons and semicolons always go outside the quotation marks; (3) exclamation marks and question marks go inside the quotation marks only if they are part of the quote.[10] Consider the following examples:
Consider the following examples:
Barr does not mention “evangelicals”; instead, he uses the term “fundamentalists.”
“Did he actually say, ‘My shout’?”
“No, he said ‘Watch out!’”
iv. Raised numerals referring to footnotes must not separate a word from any punctuation that follows it (e.g. quotation marks, commas, full stops). They should be placed, if at all possible, at the end of sentence. See the example in the paragraph above.
v. If it is desirable to omit several words from the original text, such an omission (ellipsis) is indicated by three dots, with a space before and after. The remaining words must both make sense and be true to the intent of the original.
For example:
“He arrived from England in his early childhood … never to return.”
vi. Quotations of four or more typewritten lines should be typed as a separate, indented paragraph (a “block quotation”). Quotation marks should not be used around block quotations. If a citation is included, it should be in parentheses and follow the final punctuation mark.
Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon. When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. (Jer 39:3–4 NIV)
vii. References to biblical texts (e.g., Rom 1:16) should be placed in parentheses within the text of the essay and not relegated to a footnote.
viii. When discussing a particular term, it is best to set it in italics rather than quotation marks. For example:
For example:
Hope occurs three times in this verse.
ix. When citing Hebrew or Greek do not use quotation marks. In the case of Hebrew, vowel points and Massoretic accents are optional. Students in Year 3 should, and from Year 4 onwards must, cite Greek complete with accents as per the text of the New Testament.
[10] In close textual studies Rule 1 may be broken if it is necessary to signal that the punctuation is not part of the quote.