Re: Which Makes Most Sense?

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From: Peter T. Daniels
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:13

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Prisoner at War wrote:

> And what do you do to show that you're quoting a quote?  Like, use
> "double" quotations marks (use them twice)?

In the US, the main quotation marks are " " and a quote within-a-quote
gets ' ' (and so on, alternating as many times as necessary).

Did I write, "'Prisoner at War' inquired, 'What do you do to show that
your'e quoting a quote?'"?

In British usage, the outermost quotation marks are ' '.

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