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xkcd #2954: Bracket Symbols (xkcd.com)
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’"‘”’" means "I edited this text on both my phone and my laptop before sending it"

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[-] sundray@lemmus.org 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The use of quotation marks, also called inverted commas, is very slightly complicated by the fact that there are two types: single quotes (` ') and double quotes (" "). As a general rule, British usage has in the past usually preferred single quotes for ordinary use, but double quotes are now increasingly common; American usage has always preferred double quotes.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

British English often uses single quotation marks to identify the outermost text of a primary quotation versus double quotation marks for inner, nested quotations.

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Huh, just shows you how I was taught the British way many years ago, but adopted the American way due to reading so many bloody books!

[-] Codandchips@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Old British person here, I was always taught double quotation marks for speech and single quotation marks for actually quoting something.

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