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  2. Quotation marks in English - Wikipedia

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    Quotation marks, rather than italics, are generally used for the titles of shorter works. Whether these are single or double depends on the context; however, many styles, especially for poetry, prefer the use of single quotation marks. Short fiction, poetry, etc.: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel"

  3. Quotation mark - Wikipedia

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    If another set of quotation marks is nested inside single quotation marks, double quotation marks are used again, and they continue to alternate as necessary (though this is rarely done). British publishing is regarded as more flexible about whether double or single quotation marks should be used. [11]

  4. File:Quotation marks and similar signs.svg - Wikipedia

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    The following text in Times New Roman, showing German and English quotation marks (Anführungszeichen) and similar-looking signs: , ‚de‘en’ éàő 1' 2" x′ y″ „de“en” comma; single quotes (U+2019 is also the apostrophe.) accents; typewriter quotes (U+0027 and U+0022) primes; double quotes; Date: 5 August 2018: Source: Own work ...

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Convert apostrophes and quotation marks to Wikipedia's style: These should be straight, not curly or slanted. See § Quotation marks. When quoting a quotation that itself contains a quotation, alternate between using double and single quotes for each quotation. See § For a quotation within a quotation for details.

  6. Help:Entering special characters - Wikipedia

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    Some of the images of different characters are very similar in appearance, so it is important to use the correct image. For example, the images for the closing single quotation mark (’) and closing double quotation mark (”) are very similar to the images for the single prime (′) and double prime (″) characters. Figure 1.

  7. English punctuation - Wikipedia

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    Quotation marks ( ‘ ’ , “ ” , ' ' , " " ) are used in pairs to set off quotation, with two levels for distinguishing nested quotations: single and double. North American publishers of English texts tend to favour double quotation marks for the primary quotation, switching to single for any quote-within-a-quote, while British and ...

  8. Wikipedia:Quotations - Wikipedia

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    Quotations must always be clearly identified as such using double quotation marks ("quoted text") for quotations shorter than about 40 words. For quotations longer than 40 words, use the HTML tag <blockquote>like this around quoted material</blockquote> or the template {}, which has optional parameters to include citations. Both of these ...

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Text formatting

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    Quotation marks for emphasis of a single word or phrase are incorrect, and "scare quotes" are discouraged. Quotation marks are to show that you are using the correct word as quoted from the original source. For example: His tombstone was inscribed with the name "Aaron" instead of the spelling he used during his life.