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Quotes indicating verbal irony, or other special use, are sometimes called scare quotes. They are sometimes gestured in oral speech using air quotes, or indicated in speech with a tone change or by replacement with supposed[ly] or so-called.
Quote boxes should generally be avoided as they draw attention to the opinion of one source as though Wikipedia endorses it, which may violate the neutral point of view policy. Avoid stand-alone quote sections; use Wikiquote instead. The {} template can be used in Wikipedia articles to indicate there are relevant quotes at Wikiquote.
Users may find themselves munging pages without realizing it—Opera was inserting a question mark into the text wherever a curly quote appeared—or have to replace all curly quotes with straight quotes in any passage of text they try to edit.
Find a replacement source: Search the web for quoted text, the article title, and parts of the URL. Consider contacting the website/person that originally published the reference and asking them to republish it.
The usage of curved quotation marks (ex. “quote” and ‘quote’) is growing in Portugal, [81] [better source needed] probably due to the omnipresence of the English language and to the corresponding difficulty (or even inability) to enter angular quotation marks on some machines (mobile phones, cash registers, calculators, etc.).
Terry Bradshaw is taking note. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE ahead of Super Bowl LIX, the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback-turned-NFL broadcaster reflected on the controversial ...
Writers use scare quotes for a variety of reasons. They can imply doubt or ambiguity in words or ideas within the marks, [18] or even outright contempt. [19] They can indicate that a writer is purposely misusing a word or phrase [20] or that the writer is unpersuaded by the text in quotes, [21] and they can help the writer deny responsibility for the quote. [19]
Cher isn’t as successful at turning back time as she would’ve hoped in a new ad.. The Believe singer, 78, shows just how wrong things can get when she tries to take a step back in time ...