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Quotation marks [A] are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same glyph. [3] Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media.
In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, [1] [2] speech marks, [3] quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.
Question mark: Inverted question mark, Interrobang “ ” " " ‘ ’ ' ' Quotation marks: Apostrophe, Ditto, Guillemets, Prime: Inch, Second ® Registered trademark symbol: Trademark symbol ※ Reference mark: Asterisk, Dagger: Footnote ¤ Scarab (non-Unicode name) ('Scarab' is an informal name for the generic currency sign) § Section sign ...
LOW DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK U+301F: Pe, close Common ﴿ ORNATE RIGHT PARENTHESIS U+FD3F: Ps, open Common ︗ ︘
Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. [1] English punctuation has two complementary aspects: phonological punctuation, linked to how the sentence can be read aloud, particularly to pausing; [2] and grammatical punctuation, linked to the structure of the sentence. [3]
Mark as Read K: Mark as Unread Shift + K: Star L: Unstar Shift + L: Delete Del or Backspace: Archive E: Restore to inbox Shift + E: Open Move menu D: Go to the previous message Left arrow: Go to the next message Right arrow: Reply R: Reply all A: Forward F: Print P: Open attachmet preview Shift + P
In British English, punctuation marks such as full stops and commas are placed inside the quotation mark only if they are part of what is being quoted, and placed outside the closing quotation mark if part of the containing sentence. In American English, however, such punctuation is generally placed inside the closing quotation mark regardless.
U+00AB « LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK; U+00BB » RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK; U+2039 ‹ SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK; U+203A › SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK; Despite their names, the characters are mirrored when used in right-to-left contexts.