Quoting

Quoting

Quoting means marking a piece of written language to distinguish it from a surrounding context.

* "Quotation", the use of quoting in natural language to refer to the words of another speaker or writer.
* For the philosophical distinction between mentioning a word and using it to denote a thing or idea, see "use-mention distinction" and "quasi-quotation".
* For computer programming languages' notion of quoting, see "string literal".
* For the marks that denote quoting see Quotation mark and Quotation mark, non-English usage.
* For Commerce quotation means requesting for commercial offer.
* Quoting out of context can be a form of fallacy.


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