double quotes
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A “string” is a set of letters the computer can process, surrounded by double quotes.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2012
Only"Page 295: Changed double quotes to single quotes: passing the 'carriers' throughPage 295: Added closing quote: ... under the postal administration."
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
The following changes have been made to the original text: Page 30: Changed double quotes to single quotes: 'Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye,'Page 64: "reader." changed to "reader,"Page 65: "home," changed to "home."
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
The representation of ditto marks in the calculation sections of Chapter VII by double quotes rather than double prime marks conforms to the original.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
Double quotes are nested within double quotes, and where this results in 2 doublequotes closing off a speech, one is omitted.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Hunt, Henry
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