The punctuation mark that annoys people the most is, without a doubt, the apostrophe. Whole books have been written lamenting atrocities like “five carrot’s and three kiwi’s” (for the ...

Don’t use single quote marks as what I call “quotation marks lite,” for example instead of double quote marks in this sentence. Even if when you’re just pointing out a word you’re ...

"MS Word, Corel WordPerfect, Pages, and other word processors are set up to do what is called curly quotes, where the quotation marks (single or double) are curved (curly) and go in different ...

Use double quotation marks at all times unless quoting something within a quotation, when you use single. It’s different in the greater Anglosphere, where they generally use singles in books and ...

Andrew Heisel’s Lexicon Valley article last year on single versus double quotation marks piqued the interest of Keith Houston, author of Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation ...

For example, you'd place an essay featured in a book within double quotation marks, while the book's title simply requires italics. A single track on a CD also needs quotation marks, as would an ...

Single quotation marks are used to set off a quotation within a quotation. Ex: Mary heard the cleaning woman mutter, "In the words of Lacy Macbeth, 'Out! Out! Damn spot!'" (Note that the single quotes ...

(The usage of single, not double, quotation marks is common in British English, in which they’re called “inverted commas.” Brits put additional punctuation outside the quotes, too.) He’s startled to ...

Double quotation marks are used for direct quotations and titles of compositions such as books, plays, movies, songs, lectures and TV shows. They also can be used to indicate irony and introduce an ...