亚洲网紅露点

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quotation mark

noun

  1. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as 鈥 at the beginning and 鈥 at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as 鈥淗e said, 鈥業 will go.鈥欌夆 Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.


quotation mark

noun

  1. either of the punctuation marks used to begin or end a quotation, respectively and or and in English printing and writing. When double marks are used, single marks indicate a quotation within a quotation, and vice versa Also calledinverted comma
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of quotation mark1

First recorded in 1880鈥85

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