Because they’re different punctuation marks. The marks around ‘me syndrome’ are single quotation marks. But the punctuation at the end of nothin’ isn’t a quotation mark. It’s an ...

If punctuation were logical, we wouldn’t have a mark in book publishing that is nonexistent in news media, the en dash. If punctuation were logical, we wouldn’t use quotation marks to set off ...

This article explains how to make use of quotation marks for search engines queries. ... However, change the search slightly by adding quotes around all of it, and the results are way different.

Using a full stop in texts could be giving away your age, an expert has suggested. Noël Wolf, a linguistic expert, said young ...

Quotation marks are used to set off a person's words, whether spoken or written. They are placed at both the beginning and end of the quote. Ex: Sue remarked, "I'll meet you at the movies," A comma is ...

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! Quotation marks are often misused, ‘amusingly’ December 23, 2019 at 1:36 a.m. by BERNADETTE KINLAW, SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ...

There is one well-worn usage of quotation marks to indicate that the speaker or writer means to indicate a different meaning of the word than its literal usage. Enter the “scare quote.” ...

Take the shape of quotation marks. These humble symbols are a dagger in my eye when a straight, or typewriter-style, pair appears in the midst of what is often otherwise typographic beauty.