Yesterday I met one of the most prominent leaders in Yorkshire of the textile workers in this country, and being interested in this matter I naturally asked him whether he was for or against the Bill and what were his views upon it, and what the men thought of it, and that gentleman said— "To tell you candidly, John, the men don't know anything at all about it, and don't think about it. "
A subject, verb, or object within quotes should not share a relationship with words without the quote, unless the quote is one word like:
Yesterday I met one of the most prominent leaders in Yorkshire of the textile workers in this country, and being interested in this matter I naturally asked him whether he was for or against the Bill and what were his views upon it, and what the men thought of it, and that gentleman said— "To tell you candidly, John, the men don't know anything at all about it, and don't think about it. "
A subject, verb, or object within quotes should not share a relationship with words without the quote, unless the quote is one word like:
I "think" he went to the store.