quote mark
- a variation of quotation mark.
Example Sentences
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It’s likely they decided to take the comma, rotate it 180 degrees and move it to the top of the line: Voilà, a single open quote mark.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2022
Speaking of which, have you ever noticed how often news channel chyrons use a single open quote mark rather than an apostrophe?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2018
The reason I quote mark “essence” is that it is a vague and largely meaningless term.
From Forbes ● Jun. 29, 2014
P. 328 ‘between the yard and the meter.’—closing quote mark deleted.
From Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966 by Lenzen, Victor Fritz
Page 15: Full stop added after "dishes" Page 117: "happended" amended to "happened" Page 128: closing quote mark added after 'double' Hyphenation has generally been standardized.
From The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' by Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard)
