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quotation marks
marks (``'' or `') used to show that a person's words are being repeated exactly
Example: He said `I'm going out.'
See also: quotation, quote, "quotation marks" in any languageExample: He said `I'm going out.'
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quotation marks
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quotation marks
Punctuation marks (“ ”) that set off dialogue, quoted material, titles of short works, and definitions. When something must be quoted inside a quotation, single quotation marks are used: “‘Religion,’ according to Karl Marx, ‘is the opiate of the masses.’”
[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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