discuss: Quoting styles in documents.
Subject:
Re: Quoting styles in documents.
From:
Tabatha Persad ####@####.####
Date:
8 Feb 2003 11:42:13 -0000
Message-Id: <1044704488.25122.33.camel@mysticchild>
I'll take a stab at this since I've been reading up on the subject of
grammar...
I think from an American usage perspective, double straight quotes (")
are used for conversation, and single quotes (') are used for quotes
WITHIN conversations. This usage may differ in British usage, where I
think single quotes for speech may be acceptable as well.
Double quotes are also common for quoting most anything, "As the old
saying goes!" In print publishing, when you work on a manuscript, you
turn off the "curly" quotes feature of your word processor or editing
program and use "straight" quotes instead.
The rest is sheer preference!
Cheers,
Tabatha
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 02:29, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have seen people use several quoting styles when they write
> documents, "like this", `some like this', ``a few like this''
> and 'probably like this'. What is the rationale behind using
> these styles? is this just a personal preference or is there
> something else behind this? What is the prefered way of doing
> it?
>
> Giridhar
>
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