single quotes

plural noun

1. one pair of single quotation marks, written as (‘ ’) and used especially for a quotation within another quotation:

   He said, “I told you to say ‘Open, sesame’ when you want to enter the mountain.”

Example Sentences

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.

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In the 1870 text, dialogue has “modern” punctuation using single quotes: ‘To this place,’ said Melissa, ‘have I taken....’

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Page 7: Double quotes inside double quotes in Hallam quotation replaced with single quotes.

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That is, that the name be placed in single quotes and not italicized e.g.,

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Page 14: Double quotes inside double quotes amended to single quotes.

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