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open quote

or open quotes

noun

  1. the quotation mark used to begin a quotation (“ or ").
  2. (used by a speaker to signify that a quotation will follow.)


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Page 13, added missing open quote before "I'll tell them that you are mad."

Page 128 (Jerry was put to work in the engine room) This paragraph appears to need an open quote.

Page 63, added missing open quote before "Ah, Captain Ernscliffe."

The text indicated quotes by repeating the open quote character on each new line.

Page 170, changed "Whose" to "Who's" and added missing open quote before "you sleep soundly, sir."

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