Question

College students are to be offered year-long work experience positions in "developing" countries under plans to link the UK's domestic policies with parts of the nation's foreign aid budget. Those who are lucky enough to be selected, says Janice Geller, "a spokeswoman for the Department of International Finance," "will have the chance to work as apprentice engineers, project managers and accountants. It's a fantastic opportunity, and there will be more than 1,000 openings in the first year alone."

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct editing of the excerpt goes thus;

College students are to be offered year-long work experience positions in developing countries under plans to link the UK's domestic policies with parts of the nation's foreign aid budget. "Those who are lucky enough to be selected", says Janice Geller, a spokeswoman for the Department of International Finance, "will have the chance to work as apprentice engineers, project managers and accountants. It's a fantastic opportunity, and there will be more than 1,000 openings in the first year alone."

Explanation:

Inverted commas are used when a writer wishes to directly reference the speech or remark made by a person being quoted. It is also used to indicate the titles of printed or online materials as well as a topic under discussion.

In the excerpt above, inverted commas were inserted to show the unaltered words of Janice Geller. The inverted commas are omitted when her position is stated. Only her direct speech is incased with inverted commas.