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Ivthehippogriff Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Single quotation marks

The sentence is: There is only one word to describe my childhood, and that is ‘magical’.

I'm not sure about the quotation marks. Should I leave it there or should I take them out?
  

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There are probably rules that say you shouldn't use the quote marks. I think many more people nowadays are using bold , italics and underlining for emphasis, simply because it's so simple to do. This tends to include single or double quotes.

— Philip

  • There are probably rules that say you shouldn't use the quote marks.
  • I think many more people nowadays are using bold , italics and underlining for emphasis, simply because it's so simple to do.
  • This tends to include single or double quotes.
  • Suit yourself, until someone in power, such as your boss or your teacher, tells you not to.
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There are probably rules that say you shouldn't use the quote marks. I think many more people nowadays are using bold, italics and underlining for emphasis, simply because it's so simple to do. This tends to include single or double quotes. Suit yourself, until someone in power, such as your boss or your teacher, tells you not to.
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