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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Quotes within quotes
How do you write it if there are quotes within quotes?
Example:
"What do you mean by 'shaking'?"
Is this right? Should the single quote be before question mark and the double quote after it?
Example:
"What do you mean by 'shaking'?"
Is this right? Should the single quote be before question mark and the double quote after it?
Top answer
Yes, that's right. Occasionally, a style book reverses the quotation marks (double within singular), but that is rare now, I think.
- Yes, that's right.
- Occasionally, a style book reverses the quotation marks (double within singular), but that is rare now, I think.
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Yes, that's right. Occasionally, a style book reverses the quotation marks (double within singular), but that is rare now, I think.
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