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The article refers to quotation marks as "inverted commas", I've never heard that before.
by jrcii 11y ago
The article refers to quotation marks as "inverted commas", I've never heard that before.
- mellamoyo 11y agoIn parts of the US, it's common to hear them referred to as "high comma", especially when spelling a name.
- JadeNB 11y agoI think that is the usual English (as opposed to American) terminology. See, for example, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/36944#eid8715028 http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/36944#eid8715028 .