where to put in quotation marks in a sentence?

Somer Distilo: "For days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangles (75)." is correct.

Maria Devenney: First, is this a direct quote from someone other than you? If so, you would use quotation marks AND credit the original author! If not, you have merely made a statement and quotation marks are not needed.e.g.According to Doctor Smith, "For days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangles!"ORFor days at a time the animals had nothing to eat but chaff and mangles!...Show more