SOME British readers might wonder why a London-based publication uses double inverted commas like "these". And some American readers may wonder why commas and full stops (er, periods) sometimes appear ...

One person opposed to gay marriage tried to intervene in the discussion, claiming it's right to ignore others' marital status because you disagree with their choice of partner. @NickyAACampbell I ...

While speaking to another person, we might have to quote something the third person has said. If the third person is being directly quoted, then it is called direct speech. In order to write a ...

Dots and inverted commas have come to confound political parties, who are seeking to identify rebels during the 2017 presidential poll. Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers sweet to Ram Nath Kovind on ...

For as long as I can remember, we, the Bangladeshi people, have struggled to understand where our inverted commas should go. This I have observed in my students’ argumentative essays -- “My name is ...

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