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in·vert·ed com·ma

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quotation mark, quote, inverted commanoun

    a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

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  1. inverted commanoun

    A type of quotation mark, denoted by (an "open inverted comma") or (a "close inverted comma"). Often used instead of "inverted commas", which also means a "double style" inverted comma, denoted by ("open inverted commas") or ("close inverted commas"), in the United Kingdom.

  2. Etymology: From the appearance of an apostrophe as a raised or "inverted" comma.

Wikipedia

  1. inverted comma

    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. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may not be the same character.Quotation marks have a variety of forms in different languages and in different media.

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  1. inverted comma

    Inverted comma is a term typically used in British English to refer to the punctuation marks used to open and close written quotes or direct speech, also known as quotation marks. They can either be double (" ") or single (' ') and their placement and usage can vary depending on the type of English being used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inverted comma in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inverted comma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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