inverted quotation mark

inverted quotation mark
• käännetty lainausmerkki

English-Finnish dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Quotation mark, non-English usage — Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may… …   Wikipedia

  • Quotation mark — This article is about quotation marks in English. For their use in other languages, see Non English usage of quotation marks. For their use in computer programming, see String literal. For the various glyphs used to render quotation marks, see… …   Wikipedia

  • Quotation mark glyphs — For the meaning and usage of quotation marks in the English language see Quotation mark and in other languages see Quotation mark, non English usage. ‘ ’ “ ” ‘ ’ “ ” ‹ › …   Wikipedia

  • quotation mark — noun /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹk/ a) One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ( opening quotation mark ) is usually ( open inverted commas ) or ( open inverted comma ), and… …   Wiktionary

  • quotation mark — quotation marks N COUNT: usu pl Quotation marks are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ‘...’ or, in Britain, ... . Syn: inverted commas …   English dictionary

  • quotation mark — noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else • Syn: ↑quote, ↑inverted comma • Derivationally related forms: ↑quote (for: ↑quote) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • quotation mark — /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mak/ (say kwoh tayshuhn mahk) noun one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually consisting of an inverted comma ( ) at the beginning and an apostrophe ( ) at the end, or, for a quotation… …  

  • quotation mark — quo tation .mark n [C usually plural] one of a pair of marks ( ) or ( ) that are used in writing to show that you are recording what someone has said British Equivalent: inverted comma …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quotation mark — noun (countable usually plural) one of a pair of marks (“ ”) or ( ) that show the beginning and end of reported speech or of a quoted word or phrase; inverted comma BrE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • quotation marks — 1. The main use of quotation marks (also called inverted commas) is to indicate direct speech and quotations. In writing it is common to use double quotation marks (“ ”), and in printing practice varies between the double and single style (‘’).… …   Modern English usage

  • Inverted nun — נון הפוכה ׆ ׆ וַיְהִי compare with brackets [׆ וַיְהִי ... יִשְׂרָאֵל ׆] …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”