| − | 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]]. | + | 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]], ie they are the words of a secondary source rather than of the author of the present text. |