quotation mark

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a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

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Additionally, many such software programs incorrectly convert a leading apostrophe to an opening quotation mark (e. Source: Internet

A comma-like low quotation mark is also available (shown below; raised single quotation marks are not shown). Source: Internet

Many earlier (pre-1985) computer displays and printers rendered the ASCII apostrophe as a typographic apostrophe, and rendered the ASCII grave accent ( ` ) U+0060 as a matching left single quotation mark. Source: Internet

In America, the comma is commonly included inside a quotation mark: *My mother gave me the nickname "Bobby Bobby Bob Bob Boy," which really made me angry. Source: Internet

In many fonts this character looks like either a left-leaning single quotation mark or a quotation mark thicker at the bottom than at the top. Source: Internet

Later sans-serif typefaces had stylised apostrophes with a more geometric or simplified form, but usually retaining the same directional bias as a closing quotation mark. Source: Internet

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