single quotation

collocation in English

meaningsofsingleandquotation

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single
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/us
/ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/
one ...
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quotation
noun[C]
uk
/kwəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/kwoʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else ...
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(Definition ofsingleandquotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsingle quotation

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Singlequotationmarks should be used with double reserved for quotations within quotations.
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Winding up a debate on agriculture not long ago, he quoted from a speech of mine, but it was not asinglequotation.
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Asinglequotationgives the gist of the whole debate, and emphasises the great distinction between the circumstances of 1905 and the circumstances to-day.
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My remarks on the climate change levy will take the form of asinglequotation.
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Here,singlequotationmarks are used when embedded within double quotation marks:.
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This is the role of the special operator, or its abbreviation (asinglequotationmark).
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To include asinglequotationmark, precede it with a backslash or enclose the string in double quotes.
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In typography, this function may be performed by the closingsinglequotationmark.
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Serves as both an apostrophe and closingsinglequotationmark.
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The closingsinglequotationmark is identical or similar in form to the apostrophe and similar to the prime symbol.
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In many fonts this character looks like either a left-leaningsinglequotationmark or a quotation mark thicker at the bottom than at the top.
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The apostrophe looks the same as a closingsinglequotationmark, although they have different meanings.
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A string enclosed betweensinglequotationmarks is a raw string while a string enclosed between double quotation marks is an escaped string.
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They illustrate clearly the dangers of attempting to generalise about food price levels from single quotations.
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