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quotation marks

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In some of the passages in question, neither used quotation marks, even when they quoted at length, verbatim. en.wikipedia.org

However, most computer text-editing programs provide a smart quotes feature (see below) to automatically convert straight quotation marks into typographic punctuation. en.wikipedia.org

In this use it has the inverse function of quotation marks, denoting actions where unmarked text is assumed to be dialogue. en.wikipedia.org

Here, the quotation marks indicate that these words should be interpreted as strings of symbols, not as decimal numbers. en.wikipedia.org

The writer does not begin enclosing the word "invention" in quotation marks until he begins to express skepticism that its usage was appropriate. en.wikipedia.org

The phrase as a whole then rightly notes, that a statement claiming that the part enclosed in the quotation marks is false, is itself incorrect. en.wikipedia.org

However, in British English, punctuation is placed within quotation marks only if it is part of what is being quoted or referred to. en.wikipedia.org

The same rule applies for films, without the series prefix and with italics in place of quotation marks. en.wikipedia.org

Usually the quotation marks are left off, which is why you need the symbol! en.wikipedia.org

Excessive use of quotation marks, eccentric footnotes, and a polemical, somewhat hysterical undertone mar the book. en.wikipedia.org

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