Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the marks used to note the beginning and the end of a quotation.
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- adjective Attributive form of
quotation mark , noun.
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Examples
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On this view, there is no relation, beyond an accident of spelling, between an expression and the quotation-mark name of that expression.
Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009
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Every quotation-mark name is then a constant individual name of a definite expression (the expression enclosed by the quotation marks) and is in fact a name of the same nature as the proper name of a man.
Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009
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If quotations are structureless singular terms, then there is no more significance to the category of quotation-mark names than to the category of names that begin and end with the letter
Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009
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Single/double quote error 2 all quotation-mark errors 90
Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma Maude Alma
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However, quotation-mark usage in this text is variable.
An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841
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But it’s nevertheless an impressive quotation-mark pileup.
I don’t care if you don’t like it, it’s a fact « Motivated Grammar 2010
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But it’s nevertheless an impressive quotation-mark pileup.
I don’t care if you don’t like it, it’s a fact « Motivated Grammar 2010
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