single quotes
Americanplural noun
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Page 7: Double quotes inside double quotes in Hallam quotation replaced with single quotes.
From Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare by V. G. (Vladimir Grigorevich) Chertkov
Page 14: Double quotes inside double quotes amended to single quotes.
From Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos
In the 1870 text, dialogue has “modern” punctuation using single quotes: ‘To this place,’ said Melissa, ‘have I taken....’
From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by I. (Isaac) Mitchell
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
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
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