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quote marks

Quotation Marks



When to use


  • English American usage - Ending punctuation goes inside the quotation mark
  • English English usage - Ending punctuation goes outside the quotation mark
  • Quotation marks should be used to set off speech, a quotation or a phrase
  • Quotation marks should not be used to emphasize a point
  • Quotation marks are different depending upon the language
  • Double quotation marks are used around an entire quote
  • Single quotation marks are use when you are quoting someone who is quoting someone else.

Measurements not Quotes


The straight up and down marks that we use a lot of the time on the web are not really quotation marks, they represent lengths of measurements.

' this is a foot

" this is an inch


These are quotation marks