a word written in inverted commas

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• inverted commas — 1) N PLURAL Inverted commas 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 ‘ ’. Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books,… …   English dictionary

• inverted comma — in.verted comma n [C usually plural] BrE 1.) one of a pair of marks ( ) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc = ↑quotation… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• inverted comma — noun (countable usually plural) BrE 1 one of a pair of marks (“ ”) or ( ) that are put at the beginning and end of a written word, sentence etc to show that someone said it or wrote it, or when writing the title of a book, song etc; quotation… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• inverted comma — UK / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms inverted comma : singular inverted comma plural inverted commas British one of a pair of marks or , used in written English for showing the words that someone spoke, or sometimes for showing the …   English dictionary

• Slovene punctuation — Punctuation marks are one or two part graphical marks used in writing, denoting tonal progress, pauses, sentence type (syntactic use), abbreviations, et cetera.Marks used in Slovene include full stops (.), question marks (?), exclamation marks… …   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

• Non-English usage of quotation marks — A Non English usage of quotation marks Punctuation apostrophe ( …   Wikipedia

• punctuation — punctuational, punctuative, adj. /pungk chooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or… …   Universalium

• Slovene grammar — The following is an overview of the grammar of the Slovene language.Grammatical numberThere are four types of inflexion related to the grammatical number in Slovene. The future tense shall be used to demonstrate its usage. The future tense is… …   Wikipedia

• American and British English spelling differences — Spelling differences redirects here. For other uses, see Category:Language comparison. For guidelines on dialects and spelling in the English language version of Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English. Differences… …   Wikipedia

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music — This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia s Manual of Style. Use common sense in applying it; it will have occasional exceptions. Please ensure that any edits to this page reflect consensus. Shortcuts: WP:MOSMUSIC MO …   Wikipedia