single quotes
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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 J. Hamilton Fyfe
When these were found, the inner quotes were changed to single quotes for increased clarity.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
In the story "The Village Doctor," the use of double and single quotes was partially omitted, and inconsistent with the balance of the book; this has been corrected.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
Page 189, Double quotes changed to single quotes 'The crowd is so great...prettier than you,' The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections.
From The Tapestry Room A Child's Romance by Walter Crane
If the character in single quotes does not look like a pound sign to you, well, at least you know what is intended.
From Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by R. H. (Rees Howell) Gronow
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