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A '''quotation mark''' or "inverted comma" is one of the [[punctuation mark|punctuation marks]] placed at the beginning and end of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage to denote that the enclosed text is a [[quotation]].
<div style="text-align:center">I'm a conservative Republican that lives in Pennsylvania. I attended Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration:blink; font-size:20px">{{PAGENAME}} has been vandalized by Willy on Wheels!</span><div style="text-align:center">I'm a conservative Republican that lives in Pennsylvania. I attended Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration:blink; font-size:20px">{{PAGENAME}} has been vandalized by Willy on Wheels!</span><div style="text-align:center">I'm a conservative Republican that lives in Pennsylvania. I attended Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration:blink; font-size:20px">{{PAGENAME}} has been vandalized by Willy on Wheels!</span>
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A '''quotation mark''' or "inverted comma" is one of the [[punctuation mark]]s placed at the beginning and end of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage to denote that the enclosed text is a [[quotation]].
      
==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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==Typographical Conventions==
 
==Typographical Conventions==
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Traditionally, opening quotation marks differ from closing marks in their orientation, typically being rotated 180°:
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Traditionally, opening quotation marks differ from closing marks in their orientation, typically being rotated 180&deg;:
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*Opening quotation mark: ''''''
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*Opening quotation mark: '''&ldquo;'''
*Closing quotation mark:  ''''''
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*Closing quotation mark:  '''&rdquo;'''
    
However, with the spread of more simplified computer-based typographical conventions, uniform quotation marks ('''"''') have become popular, especially on the Internet.
 
However, with the spread of more simplified computer-based typographical conventions, uniform quotation marks ('''"''') have become popular, especially on the Internet.
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The angled quotation symbol ` is not used in formal grammar, but is used in some forms of computer language, notably within unix shell-scripting.
 
The angled quotation symbol ` is not used in formal grammar, but is used in some forms of computer language, notably within unix shell-scripting.
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==External links==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp Quotation Marks] and [http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/question_marks_1.asp Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Parentheses Quiz]
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*[http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp Quotation Marks] and [http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/question_marks_1.asp Question Marks, Quotation Marks, and Parentheses Quiz]  
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[[Category:Punctuation]]
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[[category:Punctuation]]
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