OK, thanks. I was imagining that perhaps the person had composed their reply in Word and then copy-pasted it as a comment, which seemed like overkill for an HN

OK, thanks. I was imagining that perhaps the person had composed their reply in Word and then copy-pasted it as a comment, which seemed like overkill for an HN comment. > On that note: a good typographer will use single quotes for quoting ‘single’ words. Really? I find that surprising. At least in the US, the majority of style guides only recommend using single quote marks when embedding a quote within a quite.