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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Quotation marks

What are the accepted rule(s) for using double and single quotes?
  

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e for quotes within quotes). Beyond that, most style guides accept single quotes around words or short phrases to indicate new words, uncommon meanings, words qua words, etc.

  • e for quotes within quotes).
  • Beyond that, most style guides accept single quotes around words or short phrases to indicate new words, uncommon meanings, words qua words, etc.
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You can't go wrong if you use single quotes inside double quotes (i.e for quotes within quotes). Beyond that, most style guides accept single quotes around words or short phrases to indicate new words, uncommon meanings, words qua words, etc.

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