inverted comma
Origin of inverted comma
1- Also called turned comma.
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How to use inverted comma in a sentence
But she had wits enough left to laugh—the conventional laugh merely, that is like the inverted commas to a written speech.
The Angel of Pain | E. F. BensonHe always tried to safeguard the simplest, most sincere moments of his life by inverted commas.
Balloons | Elizabeth BibescoIf a quotation contains a question, the point of interrogation stands within the inverted commas.
"Stops" | Paul AllardyceTo use the square brackets in this way is often more convenient than to break the inverted commas and to begin them again.
"Stops" | Paul AllardyceWhen we quote without any change the words of another person, they are enclosed within inverted commas.
"Stops" | Paul Allardyce
British Dictionary definitions for inverted comma
another term for quotation mark
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