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Inverted comma   /ɪnvˈərtɪd kˈɑmə/   Listen
Inverted comma

noun
1.
A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else.  Synonyms: quotation mark, quote.





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"Inverted comma" Quotes from Famous Books



... and such a degree of probability, that it has been judged proper to adopt what he has added. The thread of the discourse will be unbroken, and the reader, it is hoped, will prefer a regular continuity to a mere vacant space. The inverted comma in the margin of the text [transcriber's note: not used, but numbered with decimal rather than Roman numerals] will mark the supplemental part, as far as section 36, where the original proceeds to the ...
— A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence • Cornelius Tacitus


Words linked to "Inverted comma" :   scare quote, punctuation, quotation mark, double quotes, punctuation mark, single quote


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