Assertion: quotation mark | /r/Synonym | inverted commas
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in british english
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In British English, quotation marks are often called inverted commas.
text: Quotation marks, also known as quotes, quote marks, speech marks, inverted commas, or talking marks, are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to set off direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase.
text: (The English also call quotation marks “inverted commas,” though only the opening quotation mark is actually inverted—and flipped, as well.)
text: Quotation marks are also called "quotes" or "inverted commas".
text: Quotation marks are also called inverted commas, speech marks, or quotes.
text: Quotation marks are also called inverted commas, speech mark or quotes.
text: In British English, quotation marks are called inverted commas, and the single ones are used more frequently than the double for direct speech.
text: Quotation marks (also known as speech marks, quotes or inverted commas) are used to set off direct speech and quotations.
text: Quotation marks, also known as inverted commas, are normally used for quotation, as their American name suggests, or to mark a title (book, film, etc), or to enclose a foreign, technical, or otherwise potentially unfamiliar word.
text: Quotation marks are sometimes known as speech marks or inverted commas.
text: Quotation marks (inverted commas) are used for a variety of reasons.