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Close / closed inverted commas

 
 
Reply Sat 12 Mar, 2016 11:17 am
Close inverted commas
Closed inverted commas

Which is correct? Thanks.
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 12 Mar, 2016 01:05 pm
It is not clear what you are asking. If you are asking about dictation, then one says to the person writing "open inverted commas" before the material to be enclosed, then "close inverted commas" after it has been spoken. Likewise "open brackets" and "close brackets".

Note:

There are single and double inverted commas.

The term "inverted commas" is mainly used in a British context; however it is a little old fashioned and many people say "quotes" instead. I believe Americans mainly say "quotes".

The marks themselves are called "opening" and "closing" inverted commas or quotes.
mark noble
 
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Reply Sat 12 Mar, 2016 01:17 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
Tes yeux talks shite more often than ... often.
It's 'closed'.
End of.
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Miss L Toad
 
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Reply Sat 12 Mar, 2016 10:24 pm
@tanguatlay,
Tes Yeux Noirs did not say,"Quotations have open inverted commas at the beginning and closed inverted commas at the end."

But if he had he would have been correct.

'Open and close' are verbs, 'open and closed' are nouns.
Miss L Toad
 
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Reply Sat 12 Mar, 2016 10:47 pm
@Miss L Toad,
'Open and close' can be used as verbs, whereas 'open and closed' can be used as adjectives, depending upon the sentence structure.
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