All quotations from printed material should correspond exactly to the original in wording, spelling, punctuation, use of capital letters etc. For more information, refer to the FAO House Style.

Long quotations

Short quotations should be enclosed in quotation marks and incorporated in the body of the text. Quotations that are longer than three typed lines should be indented or placed in smaller type.

Omitting and adding words

When part of the original text is omitted from a quotation, the text in question should be replaced by an ellipsis, with a space on either side (...).