Re: Which Makes Most Sense?

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From: Prisoner at War
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:25

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Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
>
> 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 ' '.


Goodness, I'm getting very silly in my old age.

Thanks, you're right.

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