<t>You can use the @ symbol in front of a string to form a verbatim string literal:<br/>
<br/>
string query = @"SELECT foo, bar<br/>
FROM table<br/>
WHERE id = 42";<br/>
<br/>
```<br/>
<br/>
You also [do not have to escape special characters](http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=31938&seqNum=10) when you use this method, except for double quotes as shown in Jon Skeet's answer.</t>
