single quote
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
single quote (plural single quotes)
- A quotation mark, as in She said, 'Go ahead'.
- An apostrophe, as in Let's do it.
Usage notes[edit]
- An "inverted comma" is sometimes used in the United Kingdom as a quotation mark:
- She said, ‘Yes, that would be lovely.’ is often used instead of "double style" "inverted commas", as in She said, “Yes, that would be lovely.”
- Single quotes are typically used in United States English to mark a quotation embedded within another quotation:
- She said, "Frank Sinatra once said, ‘Don't get mad, get even.’ That’s always been my philosophy, too."
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Translations[edit]
quotation mark
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apostrophe
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