inverted+commas

  • 11inverted comma — noun A type of quotation mark, denoted by (an open inverted comma ) or (a close inverted comma ). Often used instead of inverted commas , which also means a double style inverted comma, denoted by ( open inverted commas ) or ( close inverted… …

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  • 12inverted comma — UK / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms inverted comma : singular inverted comma plural inverted commas British one of a pair of marks or , used in written English for showing the words that someone spoke, or sometimes for showing the …

    English dictionary

  • 13inverted comma — in.verted comma n [C usually plural] BrE 1.) one of a pair of marks ( ) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc = ↑quotation… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14inverted comma — noun (countable usually plural) BrE 1 one of a pair of marks (“ ”) or ( ) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc; quotation… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15quotation marks —  (inverted commas). An issue that arises frequently in Britain but almost never in America is whether to put periods and other punctuation inside or outside quotation marks when they appear together. The practice that prevails in America and is… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 16quotation marks —    (inverted commas)    An issue that arises frequently in Britain but almost never in America is whether to put periods and other punctuation inside or outside quotation marks when they appear together. The practice that prevails in America and… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 17Slovene punctuation — Punctuation marks are one or two part graphical marks used in writing, denoting tonal progress, pauses, sentence type (syntactic use), abbreviations, et cetera.Marks used in Slovene include full stops (.), question marks (?), exclamation marks… …

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  • 18Quotation mark — This article is about quotation marks in English. For their use in other languages, see Non English usage of quotation marks. For their use in computer programming, see String literal. For the various glyphs used to render quotation marks, see… …

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  • 19Non-English usage of quotation marks — A Non English usage of quotation marks Punctuation apostrophe ( …

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  • 20punctuation — punctuational, punctuative, adj. /pungk chooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or… …

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