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single quotes
plural noun
- 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.”
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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.
In the 1870 text, dialogue has “modern” punctuation using single quotes: ‘To this place,’ said Melissa, ‘have I taken....’
Page 7: Double quotes inside double quotes in Hallam quotation replaced with single quotes.
That is, that the name be placed in single quotes and not italicized e.g.,
Page 14: Double quotes inside double quotes amended to single quotes.
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