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  2. Quotation marks in English - Wikipedia

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    There is generally no space between an opening quotation mark and the following word, or a closing quotation mark and the preceding word. When a double quotation mark or a single quotation mark immediately follows the other, proper spacing for legibility may suggest that a thin space ( ) or larger non-breaking space ( ) be inserted.

  3. Quotation mark - Wikipedia

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    In American writing, quotation marks are normally the double kind (the primary style). If quotation marks are used inside another pair of quotation marks, then single quotation marks are used. For example: "Didn't she say 'I like red best' when I asked her wine preferences?" he asked his guests.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/quotation and punctuation ...

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    This system, which requires extreme authorial precision and occasional decisions by the editor or typesetter, works best with single quotation marks. MLA Style Manual. 2nd ed., 3.9.7: Punctuation with Quotations. By convention, commas and periods go inside the closing quotation marks, but a parenthetical reference should intervene between the ...

  6. Wikipedia talk : Manual of Style/Archive (quotes and quote marks)

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    Use 'single quotes' for "quotations 'within' quotations," or to mark words for attribution. Note that if a word appears in an article with single quotes, such as 'abcd', the Wikipedia:Searching facility will find it only if you search for the word with quotes (when trying this out with the example mentioned, remember that this article is in the ...

  7. Wikipedia:Quotations - Wikipedia

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    Both of these methods set text apart from non-quoted material. You don't need to add quotation marks when using the <blockquote> tag or the template {}. If you're quoting material that includes a quotation of its own, use single quotation marks to identify the internal quotation. For example:

  8. 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.

  9. Guillemet - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft added the single guillemets to CP1252 and similar sets used in Windows at 0x8B and 0x9B (139 and 155) (where the ISO standard placed C1 control codes). The ISO 8859 locations were inherited by Unicode, which added the single guillemets at new locations: U+00AB « LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK