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Inverted comma

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of paired quotation mark: ‘ or “ (beginning the quoted material) and ’ or ” (ending it). Commonwealth, plural-normally

    "The paſſage quoted in the text is at the latter part of the following letter, and is put between inverted commas."

  2. 2
    a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else wordnet

Etymology

From the appearance of an inverted comma. In lead type, an opening quote is not a separate casting. It is the result of rotating a comma 180°, inverting the comma. It is used singly or as double quotes. Similarly, the closing quotation mark is the apostrophe. Also used singly or as double quotes.

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