single quotes
Frequency: 6.76.3 per million words
Refers to the punctuation marks (‘ ’) used to show speech.
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Examples (10)
- Use single quotes for direct speech within a larger quote.
- In British English, single quotes are often preferred for direct speech.
- The style guide recommends using single quotes for titles of articles.
- She enclosed the word 'hello' in single quotes.
- Always remember to close your single quotes properly.
- Are you using single or double quotes in your essay?
- The editor changed all double quotes to single quotes for consistency.
- He explained that single quotes are used for emphasis in some contexts.
- Please use single quotes for all short quotations.
- The programming language requires single quotes for character literals.