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- quotations: French and foreign language quotations
- quotations: indirect (reported) speech
- quotations: insertions and alterations
- quotations: introduction
- quotations: omissions
- quotations: poetry
- quotations: punctuation with quotation marks
- quotations: run-in format
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Quebec, Que., QC
Quebec, written without an accent, is the official English name of the province known in French as Québec.
- Yvan lives in Ontario but works in Quebec, a short bicycle ride away.
Que. is the abbreviation for Quebec.
- Lachine, Que., is not near China!
QC is the Canada Post symbol for that province.
- The letter was addressed to Jonas Leduc, 123 rue du Lac, Gatineau, QC K1A 0S5.
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