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quotation mark
noun
- 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
- either of the punctuation marks used to begin or end a quotation, respectively 鈥 and 鈥 or 鈥 and 鈥 in English printing and writing. When double marks are used, single marks indicate a quotation within a quotation, and vice versa Also calledinverted comma
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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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